come down on

Example Sentences

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Pressed by parents to act, school superintendents have come down on opposing sides.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

"It's very rocky, and the fossils are in cliffs on the shore. Paleontologists hate excavating in cliffs, because the cliff could come down on you."

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Few studies come down on the side of large-scale job destruction.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

Luria didn’t outright deny the existence of an AI bubble—but he didn’t come down on one side of the argument, either.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

“Kehaar’ll fly you up to the moon, Hlao-roo,” said Bluebell, “and you can come down on Bigwig’s head like a birch branch in the frost. But there’s time to go to sleep first.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams