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CRACK DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crack down mean?
• CRACK DOWN (verb)
The verb CRACK DOWN has 1 sense:
1. repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
Familiarity information: CRACK DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
clamp down; crack down
Context example:
The police clamped down on illegal drugs
Hypernyms (to "crack down" is one way to...):
bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
crackdown (severely repressive actions)
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