come down on

1. (transitive) To punish or criticize (someone).

   The company came down on him like a ton of bricks after he was found skipping work.

   Eş anlamlılar: excoriate, reprimand, castigate, chastise, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, clobber

2. (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To attack or harass (someone).

   Eş anlamlılar: beset, lay into, set upon, abuse, aggress, assail, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer

3. (transitive) To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something).

4. (transitive) To cause melancholy in (someone).

   Eş anlamlılar: bring down, depress, dispirit, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain

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