hit someone when they are down (English, verb)
expansion: hit someone when they are down (third-person singular simple present hits someone when they are down, present participle hitting someone when they are down, simple past and past participle hit someone when they were down)
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of kick someone when they are down (“make things worse for someone in a difficult position”).
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: hits someone when they are down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hitting someone when they are down
tags: participle
present
form: hit someone when they were down
tags: participle
past
form: hit someone when they were down
tags: past