down on

Idioms and Phrases

Hostile or negative toward, ill-disposed to. For example, All the reviewers were down on this play , or Ever since he was injured, he's been down on skiing . [Mid-1800s] Also see down on one's luck .

Example Sentences

The weather will start to cool down on Saturday as a cold front pushes southwards, with the air turning progressively colder into next week as an Arctic air mass becomes established.

From BBC

As the government has cracked down on social activism, state media coverage has also declined.

From Los Angeles Times

Clamping down on precursors is a game of Whac-A-Mole.

From Salon

In his typically whiny book "The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free," Hegseth writes, "Our ‘elites’ are like the feckless drug-addled businessmen at Nakatomi Plaza, looking down on Bruce Willis’s John McClane in ‘Die Hard,’" adding, "But there will come a day when they realize they need John McClane."

From Salon

“Why can't that be happening down on our planetary spaceship?” she asks.

From BBC

Related Words

• abhor
• despise
• detest
• loathe
• scorn
• shun