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crack down
To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly

The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.

If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws. The government has cracked down hard on those campaigning for greater democracy There has been a lot of drinking. We are cracking down now. Anyone who gets caught is fired. see also crackdown = clamp down
take severe measures
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"
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