"come down on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes down on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came down on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come down upon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> down on"
      },
      "expansion": "come down on (third-person singular simple present comes down on, present participle coming down on, simple past came down on, past participle come down on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The company came down on him very hard after he was found skipping work.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To punish or criticize (someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_down_on-en-verb-~T~TyQHt",
      "links": [
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ],
        [
          "criticize",
          "criticize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To punish or criticize (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 42 5 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attack or harass (someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_down_on-en-verb-HvVOkZAH",
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To attack or harass (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_down_on-en-verb-i-bV1~~5",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 42 5 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 33 5 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 32 8 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 37 5 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 34 3 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause melancholy in (someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_down_on-en-verb-j3QH-o2a",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause melancholy in (someone)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 14 29 48",
          "word": "like a ton of bricks"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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  "word": "come down on"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes down on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came down on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come down upon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "come<,,came,come> down on"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "like a ton of bricks"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The company came down on him very hard after he was found skipping work.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To punish or criticize (someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ],
        [
          "criticize",
          "criticize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To punish or criticize (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English slang",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attack or harass (someone)."
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To attack or harass (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause melancholy in (someone)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause melancholy in (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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  "word": "come down on"
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