clamp off

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.