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View definitions for come down on

come down on

verb as in criticize strongly

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Smith wrote that “every court to consider the question” has come down on the side of allowing the attorney general to bypass the standard appointment process in such cases.

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Coaches and politicians bring out what they believe is the essence of men, and come down on everything else.

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“I definitely come down on the animal rights side of science,” Pratt said.

But legal experts, perhaps with a rosier view of how the Supreme Court might come down on a view of immunity stated so vulgarly, generally reject Trump’s belief that Trump can do whatever he pleases.

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She is an enlightened woman who doesn’t like the sexualization, but it’s a really hard thing to come down on because there’s a feeling among girls, and I’ve seen this in my own capturing of feminism and new feminism, where girls feel like showing their bodies is their right and their self-expression and they want to own that.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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