come down hard on (someone or something)
come down hard on (someone or something)
1. To treat someone strictly or with severe reproach. I know I didn't do well on the exam, but I didn't expect my dad to come down so hard on me about it—he grounded me for a month!
2. To fall and land heavily on something, often a body part. Is she OK? She really came down hard on her knee.
See also: come, down, hard, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
come down hard on someone
in. to scold someone; to punish someone severely. Joe’s parents came down hard on him when they learned he had been suspended from school.
See also: come, down, hard, on, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- come down hard on someone
- be hard on (one)
- be hard on somebody
- get (something) wrong
- get it wrong
- run on (something)
- I didn't (quite) catch that (last) remark
- I didn't catch that remark. and I didn't get that.; I didn't hear you
- I didn't (quite) catch that
- didnt