Home / Dictionary / Crack down

Crack down Moderate

Crack down has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)

"The police clamped down on illegal drugs"

2

To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
restrict
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
Compare
Crack down vs