come down on sb

— Phrasal Verb with come

/kʌm/ verb (past tense came, past participle come)

Definition

› to punish or criticize someone: The police are coming down hard on people for not paying parking fines.

(Definition of come down on sb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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