come down on
(transitive, slang, AAVE) To attack or harass (someone).
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Uh no, we didn’t need hindsight. Everyone with even the most basic understanding of recent history was screaming that we need to come down on the perpetrators of J6 like a proverbial ton of hammers.
Before or after the toes come down on ya I wonder?
Ninety fucking five, though... They cling onto life like leeches, and waste.the oxygen others could be breathing.. I don't think the article mentioned her fucking off to Tel Aviv like a shithouse rat when she knows i…
When there’s pushback from the moderates on the filibuster and court packing and jxn stripping schumer and jeffries need to pretend that the moderates said something mean about the baileys or nice about palestine and…
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(transitive, slang, AAVE) To attack or harass (someone).
“Uh no, we didn’t need hindsight. Everyone with even the most basic understanding of recent history was screaming that we need to come down on the perpetrators of J6 like a proverbial ton of hammers.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Before or after the toes come down on ya I wonder?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ninety fucking five, though... They cling onto life like leeches, and waste.the oxygen others could be breathing.. I don't think the article mentioned her fucking off to Tel Aviv like a shithouse rat when she knows it was all about to come down on her”
— Bluesky· May 2026“When there’s pushback from the moderates on the filibuster and court packing and jxn stripping schumer and jeffries need to pretend that the moderates said something mean about the baileys or nice about palestine and come down on them like a sack of bricks.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive) To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something).
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(transitive) To punish or criticize (someone).
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