come down upon

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Definition of come down upon in English English dictionary: rebuke, reproach, upbraid, punish
come upon: To befall; to affect; to happen to
I pray no harm will come upon you.
come upon: To come across; to encounter; to stumble upon; to discover or find, especially by chance or accident
Kala sometimes talked with the older females about her young hopeful, but none of them could understand how a child could be so slow and backward in learning to care for itself. Why, it could not even find food alone, and more than twelve moons had passed since Kala had come upon it.
come upon: If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance. I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale. = come across
come upon: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
come upon: If an attitude or feeling comes upon you, it begins to affect you. A sense of impending doom came upon all of us
come upon: take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
come upon: find, discover; happen upon, bump into, find by chance

come down upon

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come Down up·on

kʌm daun ıpän

/ˈkəm ˈdoun əˈpän/ /ˈkʌm ˈdaʊn əˈpɑːn/

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