to start dealing with someone or something much more strictly
The school is cracking down on smoking.
They'll crack down at the crossing points and make escape next to impossible.
`But if we had guns," Hughes argued, `they'd crack down harder.
the first to crack down on any hint of insubordination amongst the junior officers.
cracks down
cracking down
cracked down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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