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to come down on
[phrase form: come]
01
to criticize or punish someone harshly
Transitive: to come down on sb
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Present tense
come down on
3rd person singular
comes down on
Past simple
came down on
Past participle
come down on
Examples
The teacher came down on the students for not completing their assignments on time.
