come down hard
come down hard
To have a bad experience while becoming sober again after a drug-induced high. I don't use that stuff anymore because I came down hard last time. Come down hard enough times and you'll never want to take anything like that ever again. Those hallucinations felt so real and terrifying! Whew, I really came down hard.
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come down hard
in. to come out of a drug use session badly. (Drugs.) Mike came down hard, and it took them a long time to calm him down.
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References in periodicals archive
The HMRC is determined to
come down hard on tax owed on "benefit in kind" payments as an increasing number of family members become involved in transfers.
targets who And, HMRChas made it clear that it will
come down hard on any businesses flouting the law whether through ignorance or otherwise.
Her fears were that if she were to
come down hard, her daughter would end up hating her and would rebel.
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