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to come down on
01
to criticize or punish someone harshly
Transitive: to come down on sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
down on
Base verb
come
Present tense
come down on
3rd person singular
comes down on
Present participle
coming 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.
