All crack down synonyms

verb crack down

• stagnate — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• hush — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
• trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
• squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
• spike — an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
• constipate — to cause constipation in
• torpedo — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
• burke — Edmund. 1729–97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
• put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
• shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
• egg on — to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• put into effect — law, rule: enforce
• bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
• tie up — that with which anything is tied.
• choke back — If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
• hem in — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
• hogtie — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
• lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
• pull back — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
• sit on — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
• tie down — that with which anything is tied.
• black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
• hush up — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
• shut up — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• clam up — If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
• clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• dry up — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
• put the lid on — to be the final blow to