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crack down
verb
- to take severe measures (against); become stricter (with)
noun
- severe or repressive measures
Idioms and Phrases
Act more forcefully to regulate, repress, or restrain. For example, The police cracked down on speeding . [1930s]Example Sentences
The move is in line with Trump's policies of cracking down on goods from China.
Hundreds of people have been arrested in Istanbul, with 50,000 police officers deployed to the city as authorities attempt to crack down on May Day protests.
In March, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR, began cracking down at 11 high-security facilities, including in Los Angeles County.
"All reports of intimidation, harassment and threats are taken extremely seriously. We work with the police and Parliament to do everything in our power to crack down on threats to elected officials."
It is part of a wider White House push to crack down on protesters whom officials say created an unsafe environment for Jewish students on many campuses.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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