kick a dog when it's down (English, verb)
expansion: kick a dog when it's down (third-person singular simple present kicks a dog when it's down, present participle kicking a dog when it's down, simple past and past participle kicked a dog when it was down)
Senses:
glosses: To make things worse for someone in an adverse situation.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: kicks a dog when it's down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kicking a dog when it's down
tags: participle
present
form: kicked a dog when it was down
tags: participle
past
form: kicked a dog when it was down
tags: past