clamp down on
US /klæmp daʊn ɑn/
・UK /klæmp daʊn ɒn/
B2
phr.v.To take strict measures to control or limit something.
The government will clamp down on illegal logging this year.
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Breonna Taylor, EU’s ‘nuclear option’ and Golden Dome
- Well, this goes into services and it could, in theory, actually allow the EU to clamp down on digital services, financial services, all those things which actually the United States has a trade surplus with the European Union on.
Well, this goes into services and it could, in theory, actually allow the EU to clamp down on digital services, financial services, all those things which actually the United States has a trade surplus with the European Union on.
- allow the EU to clamp down on digital services, financial services, all those things which actually the United States has a trade surplus with the European Union on.
allow the EU to clamp down on digital services, financial services, all those things which actually the United States has a trade surplus with the European Union on.
FUNDAY News 英語新聞 2025.04.09 | China Vows to ‘Fight to the End’ if Trump Raises Tariffs
- Elon Musk's ex to clamp down on parody accounts.
Elon Musk's ex to clamp down on parody accounts.
- Elon Musk's ex to clamp down on parody accounts.
Elon Musk's ex to clamp down on parody accounts.
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death | Global News Podcast
- So when more and more people coming in and the government was trying to clamp down on these protests, then the violence escalated.
So when more and more people coming in and the government was trying to clamp down on these protests, then the violence escalated.
- So when more and more people coming in and the government was trying to clamp down on these protests and the violence escalated, students were killed, and
So when more and more people coming in and the government was trying to clamp down on these protests and the violence escalated, students were killed, and
What Is The Debt Ceiling? | January 7, 2025
- If Congress really wants to clamp down on debt, it has to do it a lot earlier, like before passing spending bills or tax cuts, both of which can add to deficits.
If Congress really wants to clamp down on debt, it has to do it a lot earlier, like before passing spending bills or tax cuts, both of which can add to deficits.
- If Congress really wants to clamp down on debt, it has to do it a lot earlier, like before passing spending bills or tax cuts, both of which can add to deficits.
If Congress really wants to clamp down on debt, it has to do it a lot earlier, like before passing spending bills or tax cuts, both of which can add to deficits.
US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria | BBC News
- Some people from conversations we are seeing see this as a welcomed partnerships as Nigeria has really been trying to clamp down on insurgency for years now.
Some people from conversations we are seeing see this as a welcomed partnerships as Nigeria has really been trying to clamp down on insurgency for years now.
- there seems to be sort of another rise of these attacks in recent years, which is potentially why, I guess, the US Government is now collaborating with the Nigerian government to clamp down on this.
there seems to be sort of another rise of these attacks in recent years, which is potentially why, I guess, the US Government is now collaborating with the Nigerian government to clamp down on this.
LA fires death toll rises as officials warn against looting and price hikes | BBC News
- A nighttime curfew is in effect to clamp down on those profiting from the chaos.
A nighttime curfew is in effect to clamp down on those profiting from the chaos.
- A nighttime curfew is in effect to clamp down on those profiting from the chaos.
A nighttime curfew is in effect to clamp down on those profiting from the chaos.
Is Christianity Secretly Gay?
- but worshiping a—worshiping a guy, isn't that a little gay?" And there's something so poignant in that joke where the men who, like, try to clamp down on homosexuality are in a religion that is so loving to the masculine.
but worshiping a—worshiping a guy, isn't that a little gay?" And there's something so poignant in that joke where the men who, like, try to clamp down on homosexuality are in a religion that is so loving to the masculine.
- You have to have homophobia because men love men so goddamn much and see women as so other that you have to clamp down on the eroticism or else it just turns into women taking care of themselves and not needing men.
You have to have homophobia because men love men so goddamn much and see women as so other that you have to clamp down on the eroticism or else it just turns into women taking care of themselves and not needing men.
Why Israel is Trying to Conquer 10% of Lebanon
- and was beginning to even clamp down on Hezbollah's presence south of the Litani River.
and was beginning to even clamp down on Hezbollah's presence south of the Litani River.
- was beginning to even clamp down on Hezbollah's presence south of the Litani River.
was beginning to even clamp down on Hezbollah's presence south of the Litani River.
Trade Wars: China Hits Back at Trump, Imposes Tariffs on US Goods
- President Trump had said that the reason for imposing these tariffs include fentanyl, China producing the ingredients for that, and this is perhaps an off-ramp that could be offered to China because that is a low-hanging fruit, it's something that Beijing could very easily clamp down on if it so chooses to.
President Trump had said that the reason for imposing these tariffs include fentanyl, China producing the ingredients for that, and this is perhaps an off-ramp that could be offered to China because that is a low-hanging fruit, it's something that Beijing could very easily clamp down on if it so chooses to.
- And this is perhaps an off-ramp that could be offered to China, because that is a low-hanging fruit, is something that Beijing could very easily clamp down on if it so chooses to.
And this is perhaps an off-ramp that could be offered to China, because that is a low-hanging fruit, is something that Beijing could very easily clamp down on if it so chooses to.
BBC Howard Goodalls Story of Music. Part 5 of 6: The Age of Rebellion
- Every time you allow the felt dampers on a piano to clamp down on the strings...
Every time you allow the felt dampers on a piano to clamp down on the strings...
- Every time you allow the felt dampers on a piano to clamp down on the strings
Every time you allow the felt dampers on a piano to clamp down on the strings