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Phrase(s): bring something down on one(‘s head)
1. Lit. to cause something to fall onto one’s head. (See also bring something crashing down (around one).) • He jarred the shelves and all the books were brought down on his head. • When he hit the wall of the hut, he brought down the roof on himself. 2. Fig. to cause the collapse of something or some enterprise onto oneself. • Your bumbling will bring everything down on your head! • Your mistakes have brought down the whole thing on your own head.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs