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to crack down on
01
to take decisive measures to enforce rules or laws
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
down on
Base verb
crack
Present tense
crack down on
3rd person singular
cracks down on
Present participle
cracking down on
Past simple
cracked down on
Past participle
cracked down on
Examples
The government decided to crack down on illegal street vendors to maintain order in the city.
