English Explanatory Dictionary

come down on

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To punish or criticize (someone).
  2. To attack or harass (someone).
  3. To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something).
  4. To cause melancholy in (someone).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-come down on.wav

Word forms

come down on comes down on coming down on came down on come down upon

Synonyms

excoriate reprimand castigate chastise admonish animadvert bash bawl out slash lash blame scorch blast berate berisp censure charge chew out chide condemn criticize denounce denunciate deprecate derogate dispraise drag dress down eat someone alive find fault fulminate get at get down get up give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for inveigh lace into lambaste lay into lecture light into objurgate pooh-pooh put someone on blast rate read somebody the riot act rebuke reprehend reproach reprove rip into rubbish savage scold skewer slam slate tear into tell off

Related words

like a ton of bricks
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