| VERB | change | clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) |
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| Meaning | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | crack down | |
| Broader | restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle | place limits on (extent or access) |
| Spanish | suprimir | |
| Nouns | clampdown | sudden restriction on an activity |