💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clamp down on"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| put a stop toverb | (idiomatic) To terminate or abolish something. |
| stopnoun | A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. |
| close | Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. |
| put a lid onverb | (informal, idiomatic) To get under control, to prevent (something) from increasing or becoming more of a problem. |
| put an end toverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To terminate or abolish. |
| put the brakes onverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down. |
| rein inverb | (figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising control. |
| checknoun | An inspection or examination. |
| put a lid on itverb | (idiomatic, informal, usually imperative) To be quiet; to shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise. |
| lock inverb | (transitive, colloquial) To prevent (someone or something) from escaping, deteriorating, or switching to an alternative. |
| shutverb | (transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses. |
| concludeverb | (transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish. |
| hold downverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support. |
| kill offverb | (transitive) To eliminate, or make extinct. |
| pull the reins in on somethingverb | To restrict, curtail, curb; to slow down or reduce. |
| bring an end toverb | Cause to stop. |
| curtailverb | (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate. |
| bring to an endverb | (transitive) To cause to stop or complete. |
| shut downverb | (transitive) To close, terminate, or end. |
| arrestnoun | (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. |
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