come down on

English

Alternative forms

• come down upon

Verb

come down on (third-person singular simple present comes down on, present participle coming down on, simple past came down on, past participle come down on)

1. (transitive) To punish or criticize.

   The company came down on him very hard after he was found skipping work.

See also

• like a ton of bricks

Anagrams

• come on down