Come Down On Somebody - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 come down on somebody From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcome down on somebody phrasal verbSTRICTto punish someone or criticize them severely  We need to come down hard on young offenders.  I made the mistake of answering back, and she came down on me like a ton of bricks (=very severely). → come→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscome down on • Having contemplated the pro's and con's Darwin came down on the side in favour of marriage.• And you have the second line of management coming down on you.come down hard on• Judge comes down hard on acid attackers.• And not unexpectedly, the draft comes down hard on Dole and the tobacco industry.• I came down hard on her, because she was the weakest of all.• You'll find that Mr Evans comes down very hard on people who don't do their job properly.• The authorities are really coming down hard on tax evasion.• In the past the Securities and Exchange Commission has come down hard on trading systems that exclusively benefit institutions. Quizzes Quizzes

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See all topics Word of the day pamphlet a very thin book with paper covers, that gives information about something Verb tablecome

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	come
he, she, it	comes
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	came
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have come
he, she, it	has come
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had come
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will come
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have come
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am coming
he, she, it	is coming
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you, we, they	are coming
Past
I, he, she, it	was coming
you, we, they	were coming
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been coming
he, she, it	has been coming
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been coming
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be coming
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been coming
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