"bring down the hammer" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-bring down the hammer.ogg Forms: brings down the hammer [present, singular, third-person], bringing down the hammer [participle, present], brought down the hammer [participle, past], brought down the hammer [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> down the hammer}} bring down the hammer (third-person singular simple present brings down the hammer, present participle bringing down the hammer, simple past and past participle brought down the hammer)
  1. (idiomatic) To treat very harshly. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bring_down_the_hammer-en-verb-BXd2XfZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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