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CLAMPDOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clampdown mean?
• CLAMPDOWN (noun)
The noun CLAMPDOWN has 1 sense:
1. sudden restriction on an activity
Familiarity information: CLAMPDOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sudden restriction on an activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("clampdown" is a kind of...):
limitation; restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))
Derivation:
clamp down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))
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