clamp down on en · VERB
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(idiomatic, transitive) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.
A few chilling examples of what GPT-4 can do — or, more accurately, what it did do, before OpenAI clamped down on it — can be found in a document released by OpenAI this week.
2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times:The government aims to clamp down on underage drinking.
American referee Mike Geiger's failure to clamp down on early misdemeanours led to him losing control of a game that Colombia seemed determined to turn into a battle.
2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clamped down on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| clamped down on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| clamping down on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| clamps down on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
se loaktit (to take measures to stop something) · fi puuttua (to take measures to stop something) · fr faire cesser (to take measures to stop something) · fr mettre un terme (to take measures to stop something) · da slå ned på (to take measures to stop something) · mi pēhipēhi (to take measures to stop something) · cmn 鎮壓 /镇压 (to take measures to stop something) · ru покончить (to take measures to stop something) · cmn 制止 (to take measures to stop something) · cmn 壓制 /压制 (to take measures to stop something) · se loahpahit (to take measures to stop something) · fr lutter contre (to take measures to stop something) · sv sätta stopp för (to take measures to stop something)