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came down on

came down on is the simple past of come down on.

Meaning of come down on

Verb

come down on (third-person singular simple present comes down on, present participle coming down on, simple past came down on, past participle come down on)

  1. (transitive) To punish or criticize (someone).
    • The company came down on him like a ton of bricks after he was found skipping work.
  2. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To attack or harass (someone).
  3. (transitive) To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something).
  4. (transitive) To cause melancholy in (someone).

Questions about came down on

What is came down on the simple past of?
Came down on is the simple past of come down on.

Words near came down on in the dictionary

  1. came calling
  2. came clean
  3. came down
  4. came down cats and dogs
  5. came down in stair rods
  6. came down on
  7. came down to
  8. came down to earth
  9. came down to us
  10. came down upon
  11. came down with

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