come down on

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come down on

verb comes down on · coming down on · came down on · come down on · come down upon

transitive To punish or criticize (someone). The company came down on him like a ton of bricks after he was found skipping work.
Similar: excoriate, reprimand, castigate, chastise, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, clobber, cannonade, slash
slang, transitive To attack or harass (someone).
Similar: beset, lay into, set upon, abuse, aggress, assail, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, besiege
transitive To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something).
transitive To cause melancholy in (someone).
Similar: bring down, depress, dispirit, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, come down on, contristate

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@misc{come_down_on_2026,
  title = {come down on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20down%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}