clamp

  • 121clamp — verb Syn: fasten, secure, fix, attach, clench, grip, hold, press, clasp, screw, bolt …

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  • 122Clamp — WikiV A device which functions during the horizontal blanking or synchronizing interval to fix the level of the picture signal at some predetermined reference level at the beginning of each scanning line …

    Audio and video glossary

  • 123clamp — see CLIMB …

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  • 124clamp|er — …

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  • 125pedicle clamp — clamp forceps (def. 1); see under forceps …

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  • 126clamp down — {v.}, {informal} To put on strict controls; enforce rules or laws. * /After the explosion, police clamped down and let no more visitors inside the monument./ * /The school clamped down on smoking./ * /When the crowds became bigger and wilder, the …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 127clamp down — {v.}, {informal} To put on strict controls; enforce rules or laws. * /After the explosion, police clamped down and let no more visitors inside the monument./ * /The school clamped down on smoking./ * /When the crowds became bigger and wilder, the …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 128clamp down — intransitive verb Date: 1938 to impose restrictions ; crack down < the police are clamping down on speeders > …

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