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have down on you like a ton of bricks

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have someone down on you like a ton of bricks (informal)

be/come down on someone like a ton of bricks - to punish someone very quickly and severely. If she starts drinking again she'll have the family down on her like a ton of bricks.

See also: brick, down, like, ton

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