Synonyms for crack down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : krak |
| Phonetic Transcription : kræk |
Top 10 synonyms for crack down Other synonyms for the word crack down
- administrate
- arrest
- asphyxiate
- bind
- black out
- bottle up
- box up
- bridle
- bring to screeching halt
- bulldoze
- burke
- chain
- check
- choke
- choke back
- circumscribe
- clam up
- clamp down
- coerce
- commandeer
- compel
- concuss
- constipate
- contain
- control
- cool
- cork
- cover up
- crack down
- debar
- delimit
- demand
- dictate
- direct
- discharge
- dragoon
- drive
- dry up
- effect
- egg on
- emphasize
- enforce
- exact
- execute
- exert
- expect
- extinguish
- extort
- fetter
- force upon
- fortify
- fulfill
- gag
- goad
- govern
- guide
- hamper
- handicap
- harness
- hem in
- hinder
- hogtie
- hold
- hold it down
- hound
- hush
- hush up
- hustle
- impel
- implement
- impose
- impound
- imprison
- incite
- inhibit
- insist on
- invoke
- jail
- keep
- keep down
- keep in line
- kill
- lash
- lean on
- limit
- lock up
- make
- make necessary
- manacle
- muffle
- muzzle
- necessitate
- oblige
- perform
- pinion
- press
- prevent
- proscribe
- prosecute
- pull back
- put into effect
- put screws to
- put the arm on
- put the chill on
- put the lid on
- reinforce
- repress
- require
- restrain
- restrict
- sanction
- shotgun
- shut up
- silence
- sit on
- smother
- spike
- spur
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- stagnate
- stay
- stop
- strain
- strangle
- stress
- strong-arm
- stultify
- subdue
- suffocate
- support
- suppress
- throw weight around
- tie down
- tie up
- torpedo
- trammel
- turn on the heat
- urge
- whip
- wrest
Définition of crack down
Origin :- Old English cracian "make a sharp noise," from Proto-Germanic *krakojan (cf. Middle Dutch craken, Dutch kraken, German krachen), probably imitative. Related: Cracked; cracking. To crack a smile is from 1840s; to crack the whip in the figurative sense is from 1940s.
- As in restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
- As in stifle : verb prevent, restrain
- As in compel : verb force to act
- As in enforce : verb put a rule, plan in force
- You know—why should I crack down on drinking or smoking, for instance, when I do it myself?
- Extract from : « Warlord of Kor » by Terry Gene Carr
- The eyes are still closed, but a crack down the center of each is visible by the 13th day.
- Extract from : « North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus) » by Philip H. Krutzsch
- The sewage escaped into a crack in the rock and followed the crack down vertically and horizontally into the well.
- Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
- The shock to the latter appeared to have had the effect of jarring it sufficiently to crack down great blocks all along its face.
- Extract from : « Down the Columbia » by Lewis R. Freeman
- That crack down in the back lane at Edmonton, Blathers, said Mr. Duff, assisting his colleagues memory.
- Extract from : « Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) » by Charles Dickens
- The reasons that the Soviet Union did not crack down on its former subservient satellite are both obscure and complex.
- Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
Antonyms for crack down
- abandon
- aid
- allow
- assist
- bear
- begin
- block
- cease
- check
- create
- delay
- deter
- disapprove
- discourage
- disregard
- dissuade
- drop
- encourage
- fail
- forego
- forget
- forsake
- free
- give
- give up
- halt
- help
- hinder
- ignore
- impede
- leave
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- misguide
- mislead
- miss
- neglect
- not finish
- obstruct
- overlook
- permit
- persuade
- prevent
- promote
- refuse
- release
- repress
- set free
- start
- stop
- turn on
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