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Come Down upon One (To)

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To reproach, to punish severely, to make a peremptory demand.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Column
Column at Boulogne
Columns or Herculēs
Coma Berenices
Comazants
Comb
Comb the Cat (To)
Come and take Them
Come Ather (pron. ah-ther)
Come Down a Peg
Come Down upon One (To)
Come Home
Come it
Come it Strong
Come Lightly
Come Of
Come Off (To)
Come On!
Come Out
Come Over One (To)
Come Round