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.
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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.
See also: come, down, hard
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