clamp down on

English

Verb

clamp down on (third-person singular simple present clamps down on, present participle clamping down on, simple past and past participle clamped down on)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop something; to put an end to.

   The government aims to clamp down on underage drinking.

   • 2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     American referee Mike Geiger's failure to clamp down on early misdemeanours led to him losing control of a game that Colombia seemed determined to turn into a battle.

Translations

to take measures to stop something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壓制／压制 (zh) (yāzhì), 压制 (zh) (yāzhì), 制止 (zh) (zhìzhǐ), 鎮壓／镇压 (zh) (zhènyā), 镇压 (zh) (zhènyā)

• Danish: slå ned på
• Finnish: puuttua (fi)
• French: lutter contre, faire cesser, mettre un terme (fr)
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• Maori: pēhipēhi
• Northern Sami: loahpahit, loaktit
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: покончить (ru) (pokončitʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: sätta stopp för (sv)