jump down someone's throat (English, verb)
expansion: jump down someone's throat (third-person singular simple present jumps down someone's throat, present participle jumping down someone's throat, simple past and past participle jumped down someone's throat)
Senses:
glosses: To criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: jumps down someone's throat
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jumping down someone's throat
tags: participle
present
form: jumped down someone's throat
tags: participle
past
form: jumped down someone's throat
tags: past
form: climb down someone's throat
tags: alternative
form: leap down someone's throat
tags: alternative