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clamping down on
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gag, quiet |
| Synonyms: | bottle up, censor, check, choke, clamp down on, cork, crack down on, curb, dry up, dummy up, hush, ice*, muffle, prevent, quieten, repress, restrain, restrict, shush, shut down, silence, squash, squelch, stifle, still, stop, suppress, tongue-tie, trammel |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, liberate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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