clamp down

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a adoção de medidas rigorosas ou decisivas para reprimir ou impedir algo, especialmente crimes ou comportamentos indesejados.

A phrasal verb used to indicate taking strict or forceful action to suppress or prevent something, especially crime or undesirable behavior.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Suppress or restrictformal

   To take strict action to prevent or control something, especially illegal or undesirable activities.

   Reprimir

   • The government decided to clamp down on tax evasion.
   • Police are clamping down on street racing in the city.
   • The school clamped down on bullying with new policies.

   Sinônimoscheckcontrolcrack downcurbput downquashrepressrestrictsquelchstiflestopsuppress

   Antônimosallowencouragepermit

Verbo baseclamp