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down on

Idioms  
  1. Hostile or negative toward, ill-disposed to. For example, All the reviewers were down on this play, or Ever since he was injured, he's been down on skiing. [Mid-1800s] Also see down on one's luck.


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When the curtain came down on “Yellowstone” last year, Kayce Dutton had finally found his happily-ever-after.

From Los Angeles Times

“This will all be battled in the courts over the coming weeks and months and we hope it gets resolved sooner rather than later to end uncertainty in the AI sector as some enterprises could go pencils down on Claude deployments while this all gets settled in the courts,” Ives wrote.

From MarketWatch

“This will all be battled in the courts over the coming weeks and months and we hope it gets resolved sooner rather than later to end uncertainty in the AI sector as some enterprises could go pencils down on Claude deployments while this all gets settled in the courts,” Ives wrote.

From MarketWatch

Vinicius scored again in the tie's second leg in Madrid, netting Real's second goal as the Spanish side came from 1-0 down on the night to win 2-1 and book their place in the next round with a 3-1 aggregate victory.

From BBC

Oman, which remains on good terms with the Islamic Republic and was mediating the nuclear talks between the US and Iran, suffered a drone strike on its commercial port of Duqm, down on the Arabian Sea coast.

From BBC