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Today's Word/phrase:
a crackdown
someone in authority decides to enforce something that has been lax
- the Board have decided that there will have to be a crackdown on spending until matters improve
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to exacerbate
make something worse
- Losing his temper only served to exacerbate the situation.
back to basics
to go back and look at the important aspects of something
- OK, this isn't working. I think we need to go back to basics and start again.
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