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bring down the hammer

bring down the hammer verb: to treat very harshly.

Verb

bring down the hammer (third-person singular simple present brings down the hammer, present participle bringing down the hammer, simple past and past participle brought down the hammer)

  1. (idiomatic) To treat very harshly.

Forms of bring down the hammer

third-person singular presentbrings down the hammer
present participlebringing down the hammer
past participlebrought down the hammer
pastbrought down the hammer

Questions about bring down the hammer

What does bring down the hammer mean?
Bring down the hammer means to treat very harshly.
What part of speech is bring down the hammer?
Bring down the hammer is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring down the hammer?
The past tense of bring down the hammer is brought down the hammer.

Words near bring down the hammer in the dictionary

  1. bring down
  2. bring down a notch
  3. bring down a peg
  4. bring down on
  5. bring down the curtain
  6. bring down the hammer
  7. bring down the house
  8. bring down to size
  9. bring forth
  10. bring forward
  11. bring home

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