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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 "clamp down" is one way to...): bound; confine; limit; restrain; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or access)) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s something "Don't spit into the wind." (English proverb) "Politeness is not sold in the bazaar" (Azerbaijani proverb) "The best to sit with in all times is a book." (Arabic proverb) "The grass is always greener on the other side." (Danish proverb) Useful links: Pronunciation of throttle Definition of confine Pronunciation of restrain Definition of trammel Pronunciation of limit
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