come down hard on

come down hard on
{v.}, {informal} 1. To scold or punish strongly. * /The principal came down hard on the boys for breaking the window./ 2. To oppose strongly. * /The minister in his sermon came down hard on drinking./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • come down hard — punish hard, throw the book at    The teachers come down hard on cheating. They suspend cheaters …   English idioms

  • come down hard on — {v.}, {informal} 1. To scold or punish strongly. * /The principal came down hard on the boys for breaking the window./ 2. To oppose strongly. * /The minister in his sermon came down hard on drinking./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come\ down\ hard\ on — v informal 1. To scold or punish strongly. The principal came down hard on the boys for breaking the window. 2. To oppose strongly. The minister in his sermon came down hard on drinking …   Словарь американских идиом

  • come down hard on someone — in. to cold someone; to punish someone severely. □ Joe’s parents came down hard on him when they learned he had been suspended from school. □ The judge came down hard on the crooks …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • come down hard on — scold or punish severely The police have been coming down very hard on drunk drivers recently …   Idioms and examples

  • come down on — ˌcome ˈdown on [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they come down on he/she/it comes down on present participle coming down on past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • come down — {v.} 1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. Followed by to . * /The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes./ Syn.: BOIL DOWN(3). 2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come down — {v.} 1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. Followed by to . * /The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes./ Syn.: BOIL DOWN(3). 2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from …   Dictionary of American idioms

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