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What is another word for
come down on like a ton of bricks
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(
informal
)
To deal with a troublesome person by punishing them
To punish severely
To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly
(
speak to
)
To talk to in order to reprove or advise
Verb
▲
(
informal
)
To deal with a troublesome person by punishing them
sort out
punish
penalise
UK
penalize
US
chasten
chastise
deal with
teach a lesson
come down on
mete out punishment to
punish severely
discipline
reprimand
throw the book at
crack down on
bring to book
castigate
reprehend
recompense
give a lesson to
rap knuckles
make an example of
slap someone's wrist
sentence
fine
correct
visit
rap over the knuckles
take disciplinary action against
lay down the law
scapegoat
give it to someone
give someone the works
tan someone's hide
whip someone's hide
give something a going-over
condemn
slap with
hit with
amerce
dock
impose penalty
inflict a penalty on
impose a penalty on
impose a sentence on
sanction
mulct
exact a penalty from
pronounce sentence on
mete out
mete out justice to
ground
doom
convict
pass sentence on
discipline someone for
reprove
upbraid
rebuke
carpet
remonstrate with
dress down
give someone a dressing-down
give someone a roasting
give a rocket
put on the carpet
put on the mat
judge
imprison
charge
award a penalty against
levy
put
exact
impose
sting
assess
sconce
make one pay through the nose
throw book at
extort
impose a fine on
confiscate
make pay
tax
punish by fining
seize
sequestrate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To punish severely
skin
skin alive
punish severely
come down on
give it to someone
give someone what for
tan someone's hide
whip someone's hide
have someone's guts for garters
beat
flog
whip
lash
wallop
batter
cane
thump
switch
spank
scourge
abuse
injure
knock about
give a lesson to
beat up
punish
fix someone's wagon
give someone the works
give a going over
manhandle
rough up
hurt
Verb
▲
To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly
crack down
control
limit
check
restrain
restrict
get tough
get tough on
clamp down
come down on
crack down on
tighten up on
clamp down on
keep in check
keep under control
come down heavily on
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
curb
take tough action
shut down
suppress
contain
inhibit
stifle
repress
constrain
bridle
govern
regulate
keep within bounds
keep down
cork
keep the lid on
rein back
hold in check
hold
bottle up
box up
moderate
dampen
measure
keep
put a brake on
curtail
hold down
smother
rule
muzzle
gag
pull back
keep in line
choke back
sit on
bring under control
pull in
cool
kill
straiten
stay
tame
keep in
rein in
stem
hold back
subdue
reduce
diminish
lessen
muffle
keep back
hold in
temper
soften
quell
tone down
mitigate
fight back
stop
swallow
strangle
hinder
decrease
deaden
ease
withhold
lower
damp down
silence
hamper
calm
abate
quash
sink
allay
weaken
prevent
squelch
damp
confine
dull
overcome
squash
impede
keep a tight rein on
bite back
mute
lighten
blunt
cork up
quench
master
submerge
trammel
modulate
keep a lid on
button up
circumscribe
alleviate
arrest
conceal
still
quiet
ebb
pocket
stamp out
soothe
assuage
cushion
mollify
cap
take the edge off
extinguish
overpower
slow down
delimit
retard
settle
discipline
frustrate
mellow
rein
soft-pedal
relieve
put an end to
conquer
halt
compose
wane
block
lick
tranquilize
US
hide
shush
put a damper on
depress
pacify
gulp back
depreciate
tranquillise
UK
put a stop to
staunch
modify
slacken
simmer down
palliate
minimize
US
interfere with
quelch
minimise
UK
get the better of
de-escalate
crush
shrink
contract
collect
taper
put the lid on
adjust
bar
put a lid on
play down
deny
freeze
dwindle
subside
choke
fetter
cramp
terminate
peg
attenuate
bound
put the brakes on
qualify
wear away
peter out
wear down
placate
dry up
resist
tail off
cut back
let up
fall off
calm down
slack off
shut in
keep lid on
get a grip on
get under control
gain mastery over
take the bite out
take the sting out
ease off
wind down
nip in the bud
decline
chill out
drop
slow
slump
destroy
fade
dam
waste
decay
droop
degenerate
beat
censor
defeat
deflate
constrict
cut down
subjugate
vanquish
benumb
intern
numb
stanch
cut
manage
dilute
thwart
evaporate
run low
devaluate
die down
deteriorate
crumble
drop off
lose edge
narrow down
wither
shrivel
set limits on
impose limits on
delimitate
throttle
quieten
hog-tie
best
harsh
hem in
surmount
fix
hush
cool off
neutralize
US
dispatch
relax
set
dominate
remit
decrement
oppose
triumph over
bring to a standstill
put half nelson on
cut off
neutralise
UK
revise
cover up
repulse
stem the flow of
make less intense
put damper on
bite one's lip
prevail over
gain control of
win against
put the kibosh on
come down hard on
re-collect
monitor
fight
rally
lull
corner
recover
inspect
drown
gulp
hold off
gain control over
delay
obstruct
stultify
constipate
extenuate
prelimit
deter
bottle
internalize
US
blacklist
degrade
demarcate
internalise
UK
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
lapse
resolve
drain
rebate
slash
foil
chasten
entrammel
discount
tongue-tie
ice
pause
mince
break
keep a rein on
temperate
keep control of
put a limit on
cut short
interrupt
keep on a string
impair
erode
chill
punish
buttress
box in
bottleneck
counteract
bring into line
bate
withstand
cool down
cauterize
US
absorb
put a ceiling on
set a limit on
discourage
rebuff
circumvent
brake
checkmate
downsize
recede
fall
dummy up
shut up
lay down the law to someone
stabilize
US
specify
demark
prescribe
keep tight rein on
end
tail away
plummet
plunge
relent
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
mortify
define
girdle
overmatch
hegemonize
snuff out
settle down
pour cold water on
pipe down
dampen down
throw cold water on
tie up
keep under wraps
make reasonable
roll back
abase
smooth
cauterise
UK
keep inside
black out
jam up
meet halfway
cool out
slacken pace
overbear
upend
direct
get
command
chain
put down
pall
place a limit on
tie down
stabilise
UK
defuse
slap down
get over
skunk
worst
bring to screeching halt
stand in the way of
baulk
UK
hamstring
get rid of
soak up
quieten down
put paid to
bring to an end
bring to a stop
blur
become smaller
die out
become less
phase down
grow smaller
die away
taper off
fall away
grow less
ratchet down
drain away
keep within limits
smooth out
clear the air
take the heat off
make less active
get around
incarcerate
imprison
put the stopper on
bring to a halt
do for
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
draw the line on
mark off
concentrate
clobber
do down
refuse transmission
supervise communications
prevent publication
gaol
UK
ban
bind
lock in
coop up
fence in
jail
US
close in
immure
balk
US
concuss
deprive
shotgun
disallow
necessitate
peter
lock up
gentle
drop the iron curtain
humble
cow
reclaim
bust
isolate
balance
attune
water down
suffocate
localise
UK
focus
narrow
pinpoint
center
US
localize
US
centre
UK
harmonize
US
tone
vary
tune
stave off
repel
push back
reply
ward off
counter
beat off
defend yourself
retaliate
fight off
defend
put up a fight
riposte
snuff
inflect
amend
fine-tune
transmogrify
change
alter
switch
shift
revamp
adapt
harmonise
UK
tweak
stop from spreading
hush up
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
speak to
)
To talk to in order to reprove or advise
speak
admonish
chastise
rebuke
reprimand
reprove
chide
upbraid
berate
castigate
lambaste
reproach
scold
censure
criticise
UK
criticize
US
lecture
pull up
rap
blast
rag
carpet
warn
adjure
advise
chasten
correct
counsel
discipline
lambast
reprehend
baste
caution
keelhaul
monster
wig
bollock
nag
objurgate
pummelled
UK
pummel
US
rate
row
trim
remonstrate with
talk to
dress down
lay into
tell off
come down on
find fault with
lace into
pitch into
take to task
tear into
bawl out
call down
chew out
come down hard on
draw the line
give a going over
give a talking-to
haul over the coals
rail against
rail at
rant at
slap down
strongly criticize
tell a thing or two
tick off
tongue-lash
blow up
give a piece of one's mind
give someone a dressing-down
give someone an earful
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
give someone some stick
rap on knuckles
read the riot act
ream out
slap on the wrist
slap on wrist
throw the book at
bring to book
call on the carpet
give a rocket
give someone a roasting
give someone a rollicking
have a go at
let someone have it
put on the mat
rap over the knuckles
give someone a caning
give someone stick
give someone a mouthful
give someone a row
give someone a wigging
give someone what for
give someone a bollocking
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
send someone away with a flea in their ear
slap someone's wrist
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