come down on

Example Sentences

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Then two slim, strong hands had come down on top of his own, and Allun's voice was calling, "I have you, Marlie," as he heaved her to safety, with the rope that was Bronden's lifeline clutched in her hand.

From Literature

"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

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

From MarketWatch

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

“Eventually, the heat is going to come down on this.”

From The Wall Street Journal