CLAMPS DOWN Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

clamps down

verb

present tense third-person singular of clamp down

as in turns back

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The opening holes may not immediately reveal what awaits, but that changes quickly as the course turns back on itself and descends into a stunning, secluded valley that eventually opens toward the coastline.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
One is watching the threshers, but the other turns back, facing the camera.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

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Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

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Adding a chatbot to an existing product checks a box but rarely changes the underlying work.

— Ravi Nemalikanti, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
The previous film followed Keaton’s character, Daryl Poynter, a real estate agent struggling with substance abuse, who checks himself into rehab to avoid some outside legal trouble.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

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