crack down | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,often with 'on')To take harsh action (against), as whenenforcinga law morestringentlythan before.Coordinate term:clamp downThe authorities are trying tocrack downon drunk driving during the holidays.At this point they're hoping that the government willcrack downand will put an end to deceptive rental offerings.2009, Kevin J. Anderson,The Ashes of Worlds:He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continuecracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further.

Examples:

EN: Now that I've lost the Jubilee... he'll crack down with everything he's got to break me.
ES: Ahora que perdí el Jubilee... intentará quitarme del paso con todos los elementos que tenga.
EN: I'm saving it for the day they crack down on Pop.
ES: Lo estoy guardando para el día en que acaben con Pop.
EN: By then, I knew the only way to drive them out of business was to crack down on the Tri-State Wire Service.
ES: Sabía que la única forma de sacarlos del negocio... era intervenir la Tri-State.
EN: I'm going to crack down on the McFarland factory.
ES: Voy a investigar la fábrica MacFarland.
EN: Don't be dissipated, I will crack down.
ES: ¡Vamos, no os distraigáis! Yo os puedo castigar.
EN: Maybe, unless I crack down on them first with a few ideas of my own.
ES: Puede ser. Pero también puede que yo les sorprenda antes, a mi manera.
EN: We must crack down hard on rumormongering.
ES: Debemos tomar medidas enérgicas contra los rumores.
EN: Besides, the welfare workers are going to crack down on us wherever we go, just like they did in Pittsburgh.
ES: Protección de menores nos acosará, como en Pittsburgh.
EN: I used to crack down plenty.
ES: Antes tomaba represalias.
EN: Any of my workers are caught stealing, I'd crack down harder than any of you would.
ES: Si se pillara a algunos de mis trabajadores robando, yo tomaría una medidas más drásticas de las que ustedes tomarían.
EN: I told ya I was gonna crack down if he didn't operate on the level.
ES: Les dije que tomaría medidas enérgicas si él no hacía negocios limpios.
EN: Sheriff don't crack down on the first man disobeys him,
ES: Si el sheriff no se pone duro cuando le desobedece el primer hombre,...
EN: We've got to really crack down on stowaways.
ES: Tenemos que tomar duras medidas con los polizones.
EN: Whenever there are unsolved sex crimes, the police crack down on us.
ES: Ante cualquier crimen sexual, la policía nos acosa.
EN: They have decided to crack down on the union.
ES: Ellos han decidido destruir el sindicato.

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