"come down upon" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes down upon [present, singular, third-person], coming down upon [participle, present], came down upon [past], come down upon [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,came,come>}} come down upon (third-person singular simple present comes down upon, present participle coming down upon, simple past came down upon, past participle come down upon)
  1. Alternative form of come down on Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: come down on
    Sense id: en-come_down_upon-en-verb-OjVKswP- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", English phrasal verbs formed with "upon", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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