slap down

Meaning

1. slap sb / sth down

   to criticize sb in an unfair way, often in public, so that they feel embarrassed or less confident

In the movies · 1

• If you can't lay your dirty fingers on a decent idea, and twist it and squeeze it and stuff it into your pocket you slap it down like dogs, if you can't eat it, you bury it.Meet John Doe1941

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• slap on
• slap on
• slap and tickle
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