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come down upon

come down upon is the alternative form 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).

Forms of come down upon

third-person singular presentcomes down upon
present participlecoming down upon
pastcame down upon
past participlecome down upon

Questions about come down upon

What is come down upon the alternative form of?
Come down upon is the alternative form of come down on.

Words near come down upon in the dictionary

  1. come down the pike
  2. come down the road
  3. come down to
  4. come down to earth
  5. come down to us
  6. come down upon
  7. come down with
  8. come down with one's dust
  9. come down with the dust
  10. come ed
  11. come first

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come down upon (page history and authors); come down on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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