slap down

Phrasal verb

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

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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.
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