clamp off

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English

Verb

clamp off (third-person singular simple present clamps off, present participle clamping off, simple past and past participle clamped off)

  1. To stop or restrict the flow of, with (or as if with) a clamp.
    Coordinate term: clamp down
    • 1980 April 5, Mary Burns, “Aggrieved Surprise”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
      Calls to unity are almost always issued when one party wants to clamp off debate.