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crack down

/kræk daʊn/

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verb

/kræk daʊn/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения принятия строгих или суровых мер против чего-либо, особенно для обеспечения соблюдения правил или законов.

A phrasal verb used to indicate taking severe or strict measures against something, especially to enforce rules or laws.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Enforce stricter measuresformal

    To take severe or strict action against something, especially illegal or undesirable activities.

    ruУсилить меры

    • The police are cracking down on street racing.
    • The government decided to crack down on tax evasion.
    • Schools are cracking down on bullying incidents.

    Synonymsclamp downput downquellrepresssquelchstamp outsuppresstighten up

    Antonymsallowpermittolerate

Forms
  • cracked down past participle
  • cracked down past simple
  • cracking down present participle
  • cracks down third person singular

Base verbcrack

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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