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crack down

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  • verb idiomatic To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)

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hypernyms (7)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bound
  2. confine
  3. limit
  4. restrain
  5. restrict
  6. throttle
  7. trammel

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