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come down hard on someone

come down hard on (someone or something)

1. To treat someone strictly or with severe reproach. I know I didn't do well on the exam, but I didn't expect my dad to come down so hard on me about it—he grounded me for a month!
2. To fall and land heavily on something, often a body part. Is she OK? She really came down hard on her knee.
See also: come, down, hard, on
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come down hard on someone

in. to scold someone; to punish someone severely. Joe’s parents came down hard on him when they learned he had been suspended from school.
See also: come, down, hard, on, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
See also:
  • come down hard on (someone or something)
  • be hard on (one)
  • be hard on somebody
  • get (something) wrong
  • get it wrong
  • run on (something)
  • I didn't (quite) catch that (last) remark
  • I didn't catch that remark. and I didn't get that.; I didn't hear you
  • I didn't (quite) catch that
  • didnt


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