come down on (English, verb)
expansion: come down on (third-person singular simple present comes down on, present participle coming down on, simple past came down on, past participle come down on)
Senses:
glosses: To punish or criticize (someone).
tags: transitive
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To attack or harass (someone).
tags: slang
transitive
glosses: To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something).
tags: transitive
glosses: To cause melancholy in (someone).
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: comes down on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coming down on
tags: participle
present
form: came down on
tags: past
form: come down on
tags: participle
past
form: come down upon
tags: alternative