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Phrase(s): come down (hard) (on someone or something)
Fig. [for someone] to scold or punish someone or a group severely. • The judge really came down on the petty crooks. • The critics came down much too hard on the performance., Phrase(s): come down
1. Sl. to happen. • Hey, man! What’s coming down? • When something like this comes down, I have to stop and think things over. 2. a letdown; a disappointment. (Usually comedown.) • The loss of the race was a real comedown for Willard. • It’s hard to face a comedown like that. 3. Sl. to begin to recover from the effects of alcohol or drug intoxication. • She came down slow from her addiction, which was good. • It was hard to get her to come down. 4. [for something] to descend (to someone) through inheritance. • All my silverware came down to me from my great-grandmother. • The antique furniture came down through my mother’s family., Phrase(s): come down (from something)
1. to come to a lower point from a higher one. • Come down from there this instant! • Come down, do you hear? 2. to move from a higher status to a lower one. (See also come down in the world.) • He has come down from his original position. Now he is just a clerk. • He has come down quite a bit., Phrase(s): come down (from some place)
Go to down (from some place).
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs