clamp off
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clamp off (third-person singular simple present clamps off, present participle clamping off, simple past and past participle clamped off)
- To stop or restrict the flow of, with (or as if with) a clamp.
- Coordinate term: clamp down
- 1980 April 5, Mary Burns, “Aggrieved Surprise”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
- Calls to unity are almost always issued when one party wants to clamp off debate.