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clampdown

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clamp⋅down

  [klamp-doun]
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–noun
crackdown.
Origin:
1935–40; n. use of v. phrase clamp down
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clamp·down   (klāmp'doun')   
n.  An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown" (Wall Street Journal).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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