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View definitions for come down on

come down on

verb as in criticize strongly

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“If the administration were to say they’re going to come down on every business owner who has hired someone in violation of U.S. law, I think that would politically be a bad decision,” she said.

"If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," he warned.

From BBC

Passengers waiting overnight on the Caledonian Sleeper service were told in the early hours of the morning that they had still not left Glasgow Central because a tree had come down on the line.

From BBC

It’s anybody’s guess how the court will come down on that question.

From Slate

“The reaction to their embarrassment was to come down on him as hard as they could, to compensate for the fact that they weren’t watching him.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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