Usually means: Strictly enforce rules or policies.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word clamp down:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. clamp down: Merriam-Webster
  2. clamp down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clamp down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. clamp down: Vocabulary.com
  5. clamp-down: Wordnik
  6. clamp down: Dictionary.com
  7. clamp down: Rhymezone
  8. clamp down: FreeDictionary.org
  9. clamp down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. clamp down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. clamp down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Dictionary of Management Jargon (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clamp down: Idioms

(Note: See clamp_downs as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (clamp down)

verb:  repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)


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