lower the boom (English, verb)
expansion: lower the boom (third-person singular simple present lowers the boom, present participle lowering the boom, simple past and past participle lowered the boom)
Senses:
glosses: To use one's superior physical strength.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To scold severely.
tags: idiomatic
raw_tags: with "on"
Forms:
form: lowers the boom
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lowering the boom
tags: participle
present
form: lowered the boom
tags: participle
past
form: lowered the boom
tags: past