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clamp-down (n.)
also
clampdown
, 1940 in the figurative sense, from verbal phrase
clamp down
"use pressure to keep down" (1924). The verbal phrase in the figurative sense is recorded from 1941. See
clamp
(v.) +
down
(adv.).
