| CLA | become more restrictive or repressive |
|---|---|
| CLA | get serious about enforcing a rule |
| CLA | sudden restriction on an activity |
| CLA | the shell of a clam |
| CLA | a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam |
| CLA | group of people related by blood or marriage |
| CLA | a member of a clan |
| CLA | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods |
| CLA | an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment |
| CLA | a loud resonant repeating noise |
| CLA | make a loud noise, as if striking metal |
| CLA | (British) a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate |