smash down

smash down

1. To create a heavy, audible impact as a result of falling. They threw the desk over the side of the building, and it smashed down on the concrete below.
2. To bring someone or something down (onto something else) with great force. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smash" and "down." The crane smashed down the wrecking ball onto the roof of the condemned building. He lifted the man up into the air and smashed him down onto the ground.
3. To destroy a physical structure. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "smash" and "down." The police smashed down the door with their battering ram. The giant monster started smashing buildings down in the city center.
4. To dismantle or do away with some political or societal obstacle. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "smash" and "down." Our organization's goal is to smash down the barriers keeping marginalized groups on the fringes of society. She is just one of many athletes who are constantly smashing stereotypes down about what a woman can or cannot accomplish.
See also: down, smash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • upon impact
  • thump
  • thump down
  • thumping
  • be set in concrete
  • slap against
  • slap against (someone or something)
  • sigh about
  • sigh about (something)
  • poot