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Phrase(s): crush someone or something down
1. Lit. to press or force someone or something down. • Crush the leaves down so you can put more into the basket. • Crush down the leaves and fill the basket higher. 2. Fig. to suppress someone or something. • The dictator crushed the opposition down ruthlessly. • He crushed down all political opposition. • The army crushed the peasants down ruthlessly.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs