"hit someone when they are down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hits someone when they are down [present, singular, third-person], hitting someone when they are down [participle, present], hit someone when they were down [participle, past], hit someone when they were down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> someone when they are<are,are,were> down}} hit someone when they are down (third-person singular simple present hits someone when they are down, present participle hitting someone when they are down, simple past and past participle hit someone when they were down)
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of kick someone when they are down (“make things worse for someone in a difficult position”) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: kick someone when they are down [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hit_someone_when_they_are_down-en-verb-0S3r0RMg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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