DOWN ON

Definition: DOWN ON

DOWN ON

1. As go, come, pounce), to attack, implying the idea of threatening power. Come down upon us with a mighty power. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Atonement

Apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable, give satisfaction; come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.

Humility

Humbled; Verb: bowed down, resigned; abashed, ashamed, dashed; out of countenance; down in the mouth; down on one's knees, down on one's marrowbones, down on one's uppers; humbled in the dust, browbeaten; chapfallen, crestfallen; dumfoundered. flabbergasted.

Request

Beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore; conjure, adjure; obtest; cry to, kneel to, appeal to; invoke, evoke; impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for; cry aloud, cry for help; fall on one's knees; throw oneself at the feet of; come down on one's marrowbones.

Servility

Adjective: servile, obsequious; supple,supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones; base, mean, sneaking; crouching; Verb:

Submission

Adjective: surrendering; Verb: submissive, resigned, crouching; downtrodden; down on one's marrow bones; on one's bended knee; unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting; pliant; (soft); undefended.

Crosswords: DOWN ON

Can you help a fellow American down on his luck (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

It was just like before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

It's not that I'm down on myself (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.)

A man steals something, he's brought in before the Emperor, he throws himself down on the ground (Schindler's List; writing credit: Steven Zaillian)

Said you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin ("Walk This Way"; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Would she go down on you in a theater (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Gone get down on my knees hopin' you please. (How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore; performing artist: Alicia Keys)

They're always having a good time down on the bayou, ("Ramblin' Man"; performing artist: Allman Brothers Band)

In lettin' my love rain down on you, (Biggest Part of Me; performing artist: Ambrosia)

It's hard to stumble when you're down on your knees. (references; author: unknown)

Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them perspire. (references; author: unknown)

Caffeteria or How Are You Going to Keep Her Down on the Farm after She's Seen Paris Twice (1973)

Screen Snapshots No. 2: Looking Down on Hollywood (1946)

Down on the Farm (1941)

Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm (1941)

Down on the Farm (1938)

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (performing artist: George Michael & Elton John)

Get Down On It (performing artist: Kool & The Gang)

Don't Let The Rain Fall Down On Me (performing artist: The Critters)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus: How to Go Down on a Woman and Give Her Exquisite Pleasure (reference)

• It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (reference)

• Down on Ponce: A Novel (reference)

• Looking Down on Human Intelligence: From Psychometrics to the Brain (reference)

• Buckle Down on Ohio Mathematics (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Get Down on It (reference)

• Hog Killing Down on the Farm (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Lamb Lies Down on Broadway [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shows poster of artistically rendered landscape scene with woman standing in foreground holding a sword - white light shines down on woman with slogans: "Cancer Is Curable," "Enlist In The Women's Field Army," "American Society For The Control Of Cancer". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Surface photographs from the Soviet Venera 13 spacecraft.The first of the Venera missions to include a color TV camera and the first to succeedin obtaining pictures since Venera 10, the Venera 13 lander touched down on 3 March 1982. Credit: NASA.

Looking down on Christchurch from the surrounding hills. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Leased Bell 206 set down on ice for seal tagging. NOAA Ship SURVEYOR in the distance. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Looking down on the pumping operation at Duck Creek. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A composite of TIROS III pictures. The main cloud mass located near 12 N, 43 W later developed into Hurricane Anna. The picture projects down on to the map. The dashed lines correlate photography with the cloud interpretation on the map. Credit: NOAA in Space.

A scenic looking down on river from the rim in the South Fork Wilderness Study Area. OR 5-33. Credit: Unknown.

"I've stopped smoking and cut down on alcohol - and feel so good!" / WHO/French National Committee Against Smoking photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Woman in bed smiling down on infant held in her arms] Georg Jones. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly U.S.N. painted these pictures of the hurricane at Samoa after his retirement while he lived at 72 Perkins St. West Newton, Massachusetts. I can recall his saying that it was the swift and tremendously strong under tow that was a great factor in keeping the U.S.S. Trenton from pounding down on the sharp reefs as each wave threw her upon them. He also spoke of the spontaneous cheer of the men on the Trenton, as the Calliope drew past and went out to sea." Comments by Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, daughter of Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, concerning the sketches of the Apia hurricane that are contained in his personal journal. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Bruno sat down on the floor and began crying

But the ghost sat down on the opposite side of the fireplace, as if he were quite used to it.

He sank down on the ground, and buried his face in his hands

A second man entered, and sat down on the bed behind the female Jondrette

Mr Casey raised his clenched fist and brought it down on the table with a crash

The preacher sat humbly down on the chopping block beside the door

They rowed about a league, and then set me down on a strand

We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

You may sit in a special chair or lie down on a treatment table. (references)

You may be asked to set aside specific times to lie down on your back or side and count the number of times the baby moves or kicks. (references)

Makes available free informational materials on all aspects of alcoholism, including the effects of drinking during pregnancy, alcohol use and the elderly, and help for cutting down on drinking. (references)

Business

China adroitly uses this combination of tariffs and additional taxes to clamp down on imports that it views as threatening to its domestic industry. (references)

The Ministry of the Interior has been very active in the development of the so-called "Pacchetto Sicurezza 2000" (security package), which outlines a series of coercive measures to crack down on crime. (references)

In the residential subsector, a growing tendency to economize and cut down on costs is affecting the U.S. share of the market, as buyers are opting for low cost brands, especially locally manufactured water heaters. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

In July the Government began to crack down on the distribution and sale of the opposition party's VCD's and audiocassettes. (references)

China

Authorities in some areas continued a concerted effort to crack down on the activities of unapproved Catholic and Protestant churches. (references)

Pakistan

During the year, there were reports that the Government closed some Afghan schools and cracked down on unlicensed medical practitioners that treat mostly Afghans. (references)

Economic History

Seychelles

The USAF Tracking Station officially closed down on September 30, 1996. (references)

Taiwan

Taiwan has not yet passed its planned Optical Media Law which would enhance its ability to crack down on the pirating of optical media products. (references)

China

As part of an effort to clamp down on corruption and tighten foreign exchange control, the Chinese government is coming down hard on such practices. (references)

Human Rights

Senegal

The gunmen then forced 14 bus passengers to lie down on the ground and shot and killed them. (references)

Lebanon

Amnesty International -and other human rights organizations reported that some detainees were beaten, handcuffed, blindfolded, and forced to lie face down on the ground. (references)

Belarus

In an effort to coerce the youth into signing an affidavit, the policemen handcuffed him again, forced him down on the ground, and began shooting a pistol above the boy's head. (references)

Minorities

Russia

On November 5, the President also ordered Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov to crack down on interethnic violence, and police made arrests in several outstanding cases. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Many leaders of religions, such as Christianity or Islam, look down on practitioners of traditional indigenous religions as pagans, practitioners of black magic or human sacrifice. (references)

Germany

In addition a number of state and local governments continued programs to crack down on rightwing extremist activities and to engage young persons considered most "at risk" for rightwing behavior. (references)

Political Economy

PAKISTAN

Police do not hesitate to crack down on worker demonstrations. (references)

KUWAIT

Periodically, Kuwait cracks down on the re-export of subsidized imports such as food and medicine. (references)

Bangladesh

The Awami League government stepped down on July 13, 2001, successfully completing their five-year term. (references)

Trade

China

In mid-1998, however, SAFE cracked down on many of the loopholes used to get around the controls on capital account transactions. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

The number of patrons reporting thefts and assaults in taxis has increased in recent months, and has prompted many expatriates to use only the most reputable taxi companies, opting to summon taxis by telephone rather than flagging them down on the street. (references)

Women

Cuba

Most observers believe that the Government clamped down on prostitution to combat the perception that the Government promotes sex tourism. (references)

Worker Rights

Kuwait

Government efforts to crack down on visa trading; such as by closing front companies for visa traders, have not made significant progress. (references)

China

Despite Government efforts to crack down on trafficking in women and children, the present demand far outstrips the available supply, making trafficking a profitable enterprise for those willing to risk arrest and prosecution. (references)

China

Although the central Government and various provincial and local governments have attempted to crack down on the sex trade and thus on one type of trafficking, there have been numerous credible reports in the media of complicity in prostitution by local officials. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "DOWN ON": be down on ♦ be down on one's luck ♦ be down on one's uppers ♦ be down on smb. ♦ bear down on ♦ blaze down on ♦ bring down on ♦ clamp down on ♦ come down on ♦ come down on one's knees ♦ come down on one's marrowbones ♦ come down on the right side of the fence ♦ cut down on ♦ cut down on smth. ♦ dive down on the enemy ♦ down on one's luck ♦ down on one's marrow bones ♦ down on ones marrowbones ♦ down on the knuckle ♦ fall down on ♦ fall down on a promise ♦ fall down on one's knees ♦ fall down on the job ♦ get down on one's knees ♦ go down on ♦ go down on one's knees ♦ go down on one's knees to ♦ hail smth. down on smb. ♦ have a down on smb. ♦ have down on smb. ♦ have smth. down on paper ♦ look down on ♦ lower down on a rope ♦ lower oneself down on a rope ♦ press down on ♦ put the phone down on smb. ♦ shut down on ♦ sit down on ♦ sweep down on ♦ To be down on ♦ To look down on ♦ turn thumbs down on. Additional references.

Albanian

dështoj punën (fall down on the job), shaj (abuse, ballyrag, berate, bullyrag, call names, carpet, castigate, chastise, chide, come down on, curse, dish it out, dress down, flay, inveigh, jaw, lay into, objurgate, offend, rag, rap, revile, scold, shake up, shout, shout at, swear, tell off, trounce, upbraid, vituperate), qortoj (admonish, berate, call down, carpet, castigate, chide, come down on, correct, damn, decry, discommend, dish it out, knock, lecture, light into, Peck, pull up, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tell off, trim, twit, upbraid), jam i pafat (be down on one's luck), jam i nxehur me (be down on). (various references)

Arabic 

أَطَلّ (look down on, to look outside), ‏فشل في الوظيفة (fall down on the job), ‏ليس في المستوى (fall down on the job), ‏وضعه في مكانه (cut down on smth., put smth. right, squash), ‏ترفع (advancement, heave, heaving, look down on, promotion, self praise, seniority, superiority), ‏سيء الحظ (down on one's luck), ‏خفض الاستهلاك (cut down on), ‏إستهتر (decry, give short shrift, loiter, look down on, racket, weaken), ‏إزدرى (despise, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, disfavour, look down on, pooh pooh, scorn, slight, snub). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стоварвам (bring down on, dump, land, land with, set down, shoot), спускам се върху (be down on), ругая (abuse, be down on, call names, curse, cuss, damn, drub, get on to smb., inveigh, keelhaul, land on, rail, rate, revile, row, slang, slate, storm at, swear, swear at, vituperate, walk into, whip), гледам отвисоко (look down, look down on), закъсал съм (down on one's luck), имам зъб (be down on, bear a grudge). (various references)

Czech

deprimovat (cast down, depress, dishearten, dispirit, drag down, get down, get down on one's knees), dívat se svrchu na (look down on), dívat se spatra (look down on), zasypat koho èím (hail smth. down on smb.), smolařský (down on one's luck), shlížet na (long-desired, look down, look down on), selhat (abort, backfire, break down, come to nothing, fail, fall down on the job, fizzle out, give out, go wrong, lapse, miscarry, misfire), pokleknout (go down on one's knees), padnout na kolena (go down on one's knees), nesplnit slib (fall down on a promise, go back on one's word), mít na koho pifku (have a down on smb.), kleknout (get down on one's knees). (various references)

Danish

forfølgning af virksomheder for manglende overholdelse (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

Dutch

optreden tegen bedrijven die niet voldoen aan hun verplichtingen (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

Finnish

olla deekiksellä (be down on one's luck), lentokone syöksyi pellolle (the aeroplane crashed down on to the field). (various references)

French

se montrer incapable de faire le travail (fall down on the job), se montrer incapable (fall down on the job), regarder en bas (look down on), regarder de haut (look down on), raccrocher au nez de qn (put the phone down on smb.), répression des manquements des entreprises (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations), réduire la consommation de (cut down on), pas de chance (down on one's luck), mépriser (let down, look down on), avoir une dent contre qn (have a down on smb., run down). (various references)

German

zusammenstauchen (come down on, slate), Verhinderung von Verstössen der Unternehmen (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations), unterdrücken (choke back, clamp down on, eliminate, fight back, fight down, hold back, hold down, hold under, keep back, keep down, oppress, put down, quash, quell, repress, restrain, shut out, sit on, suppress, throttle, to eliminate, to oppress, to repress, to suppress), sich abseilen (lower oneself down on a rope), setzen auf (come down on, nap), rannehmen (come down on), herabsetzen auf (look down on), einsparen (cut down on, dispense with, economize on, pare down, reduce, retrench, save on), einen riegel vorschieben (clamp down on), abseilen (lower down on a rope, rope, rope down), abdrosseln (cut down on, throttle, throttle back). (various references)

Greek 

πάνω σε (atop, on, onto, upon). (various references)

Hebrew 

לזלזל (decry, degrade, despise, disparage, disregard, look down on, slight, talk down, underrate), ל�"ת� שא (be arrogant, boast, heave, look down on, look down one's nose, rise, tower), ל�"קטין צריכ�" (cut down on), ל�"כשל במשימ�" (fall down on the job, flunk), במזל ביש (down on one's luck). (various references)

Hungarian

rámászik vkire (to crack down on sy, to dump all over sy, to dump on sy), panaszt visszavon (to lay down on a charge), megszigorít (to clamp down on sg), letérdel (knee, kneel down, to get down on one's knees, to get down to one's knees, to get on the knees, to go down on one's knees, to go down on the knees, to kneel down), lecsap vmire (to bore down on sg, to make a dart on sg, to swoop down on sg, to swoop down upon sg), keresetet visszavon (to lay down on a charge), igen szigorúan bánik vkivel (to crack down on sy), csúnyán kitol vkivel (to do the dirty on sy, to play it low down on sy, to play it low on sy, to play the dirty on sy), csúnyán kibabrál vkivel (to play it low down on sy, to play it low on sy). (various references)

Indonesian

mencuaikan (look down on). (various references)

Italian

disprezzare (contemn, despise, disdain, dispise, flout, look down on, scorn), repressione delle inosservanze da parte delle imprese (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations), premere (be of interest, bear down, bear down on, depress, matter, oppress, press, pull, push, squeeze). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

襲い掛かる (to attack, to rush on, to swoop down on), 軽�"じる (to look down on, to make light of), 馬鹿にする (to look down on, to make fun of, to make light of), 見縊る (to belittle, to despise, to look down on, to underrate), 見くびる (to belittle, to despise, to look down on, to underrate), 見下す (to despise, to look down on), 見下ろす (to command a view of, to look down on something, to overlook), 見下�'果てる (to despise, to look down on, to scorn), 見下�'る (to look down on, to look down over), 照付ける (to beat down on, to blaze down on, to shine down upon), 照りつける (to beat down on, to blaze down on, to shine down upon), 照り付ける (to beat down on, to blaze down on, to shine down upon), 土下座 (kneeling down on the ground, prostrate oneself), 平身低� � (going down on one's knees, kowtowing, prostrating oneself), 下瞰 (getting a bird's eye view, looking down on). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おそいかかる (to attack, to rush on, to swoop down on), ばかにする (to look down on, to make fun of, to make light of), ど�'ざ (kneeling down on the ground, prostrate oneself), かか�" (between equipment, bold, coming of age ceremony, corolla, determined, garland, getting a bird's eye view, looking down on, Milky Way, resolute, wreath), かろ�"じる (to look down on, to make light of), みおろす (to command a view of, to look down on something, to overlook), みくびる (to belittle, to despise, to look down on, to underrate), みく� す (to despise, to look down on), みさ�'る (to look down on, to look down over), みさ�'はてる (to despise, to look down on, to scorn), へいし�"ていとう (going down on one's knees, kowtowing, prostrating oneself), てりつける (to beat down on, to blaze down on, to shine down upon). (various references)

Pig Latin

ownday onay.(various references)

Portuguese

desprezar (contemn, despise, disdain, disesteem, flout, forget, laugh off, look down, look down on, misprise, misprize, scorn, sneeze, undervalue), desdenhar (contemn, disdain, disregard, look down on, misprise, misprize, scorn), tornar-se mais rigoroso (clamp down on), repressão do incumprimento das obrigações das empresas (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

Romanian

dispreţui (brave, contemn, despise, disdain, dispraise, hold cheap, hold smb. in contempt, look down on, pooh pooh, scorn, set at naught, slight, spurn, trample, turn up one's nose at, undervalue), trece de partea câştigãtorului (come down on the right side of the fence), socoti inferior (look down on), se nãpusti asupra duşmanului (dive down on the enemy), se nãpusti asupra (bear down on, bear down upon, dash against, fall over, hurl oneself at, jump upon, pounce at, swoop upon), privi cu dispreţ la (look down on), privi ca inferior (look down on, look down upon), fi sãrac (be badly off, be down on one's uppers), fi lefter (be cleaned out, be down on one's uppers, bean), avea picã pe cineva (have a down on smb., have a grudge against smb., have an ax to grind), avea ghinion (be down on one's luck), avea ceva scris pe hârtie (have smth. down on paper), în cea mai cruntã mizerie (down on the knuckle). (various references)

Russian 

сразу (all at once, at once, at one fling, at one gulp, down on the nail, holus-bolus, on a short notice, out of hand, per saltum, promptly, straight away, straight off, straightway), в горе (down on one's luck, in distress), в беде (down on one's luck, in distress, in trouble), обескураженный неудачей (down on one's luck), не справиться с работой (fall down on the job), быть подавленным (be down on), принимать меры против (crack down on), подтягивать (clamp down on, draw, hitch, trice). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

s predrasudom (prejudiced). (various references)

Spanish

despreciar (despise, look down on, misprise, misprize, sniff at), tener tomada con (be down on), tener mala suerte (be down on one's luck), suprimir (abate, annul, cancel, cut out, delete, do away with, keepdown, leave out, lift, omit, put down, remove, sit down on, suppress), represión del incumplimiento por parte de las empresas (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations), reducir (abridge, bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, cut down on, decrease, dock, lessen, lower, narrow, reduce, set, shorten, step down, weaken), mirar por encima de hombro (look down on), mirar por encima (look down on), fracasar en lo hecho (fall down on the job), chuparse (go down on), caer de plano en (blaze down on), acercarse a (accost, advance on, approach, bear down on, border, come near, gain on, gain upon, stand in to). (various references)

Swedish

vilja komma åt (be down on), straffa (chasten, come down on, haze, pay, penalize, punish), slå ner på (clamp down on, pounce), slå ned på (come down on, swoop), misslyckas med (fall down on), klämma åt (clamp down on, screw). (various references)

Thai

หล่นหรือตกลงมาที่ (hail down on), คั�"ค้าน (baulk at, jib at, lay against, negative, object, object against, object to, sit down on), จำกั�" (bound, chain down, chain to, circumscribe, clamp down on, fence in, limit, limiting, localize, tie). (various references)

Turkish

diz çökmek (bend the knee, genuflect, go down on one's knees to, kneel, kneel down), azarlamak (admonish, baste, bawl out, berate, blame, blister, blow up, bring up, call down, call smb. over the coals, carpet, castigate, chew out, chide, come down on, decry, dress down, give a piece of one's mind, give smb. a talking-to, give smb. a telling-off, give smb. beans, give smb. hell, give the stick, inveigh, jaw out, keelhaul, lace into, lambaste, lash, lecture, let smb. have it, light into, objurgate, peck at smb., punish, rag, rail, rap smb. over the knuckles, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, roast, sail into, scold, score, slang, slap, slate, strafe, take to task, talk to smb., tell off, tell smb. one's mind, tick off, trim, twit, upbraid, vituperate), çullanmak (sweep down on), hor görme (contempt, despising, insult, look down on, scorn, underestimating, underrating), hoşlanmamak (bar, detest, dislike, have down on smb., not to like, regard with disfavor, regard with disfavour, shrink), gıcık olmak (have down on smb.), gıcığı olmak (be down on smb.), beş kuruşsuz olmak (be down on one's uppers), işinde başarısızlığa uğramak (fall down on the job), bağlanmak (adhere, attach, be attached to, be committed, be stuck on, be tied, be wedded to, cling, conjoin, connect, engage, fasten, hang, have down on smb., hitch, hold on, lace, Wed, yoke, yoke together), işleri kötü gitmek (fall down on the job), azaltmak (abate, alleviate, appease, attenuate, ax, axe, Bate, cut back, cut down on, deaden, decrease, depress, derogate, detract, diminish, dock, fade in, impair, lessen, make a dent in, minimize, mitigate, put down, reduce, retrench, scale down, shorten, sink, slim down, step back, step down, taper off), şanssız (distressed, down on one's luck, evil, fortuneless, hapless, ill fated, ill-starred, inauspicious, luckless, out of luck, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unsuccessful, untoward), şansı olmamak (be down on), ayaklarına kapanmak (go down on one's knees to, grovel), ağır gelmek (bear down on, bear hard on, preponderate), üstüne varmak (bear down on, get at, lean upon, press smb. close, provoke), üstüne gelmek (bear down on, beleaguer, come at, come down on, come on, come upon, hang over, overlap), bahtsız (down on one's luck, fortuneless, hapless, ill fated, unfortunate), meteliksiz olmak (be down on one's uppers, not to have a bean), yaklaşmak (approach, approximate, be pushing, bear down on, close, come close to, come near, come on, come up, converge, draw, draw close, draw near, draw on, get hotter, get warmer, go on for, near, push, step up, verge, walk up, walk up to), yağmalamak (despoil, forage, foray, Harry, loot, maraud, pillage, pirate, pluck, plunder, prey on, prey upon, put to the sack, Raven, reave, sack, spoliate, sweep down on), tepeden bakmak (look down on, look down one's nose at), talan etmek (pillage, pirate, pluck, plunder, spoliate, sweep down on), tâlihsiz (cursed, disastrous, down on one's luck, evil, grief-stricken, hapless, ill fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, infelicitous, star-crossed, unfortunate, unlucky), son vermek (adjourn, call a halt, call off, cease, chuck, close, cut off, discontinue, end, end off, fetch up, finish, make an end of, put a stop to, put an end to, raise, shut down on, shut down upon, sign off, stash, stop, terminate, top off, wind up, wipe up, wrap up), saldırmak (aggress, assail, assault, attack, charge, come at, come down on, come for, come on, come upon, descend, fall on, fly at, fly at smb., fly out at smb., go at, hit at, invade, jump on, lam into, lash into, lash out, lay about, let smb. have it, level off, level out, light into, lunge, make a dash, make a dead-set at, offend, pounce, press home, ride atilt at smb., round on, run at, run atilt at smb., rush, sally out, set up, storm, sweep down on, swoop, swoop down, swoop on, thrust, turn on, turn upon, wade in, wade into, walk into), hor görmek (contemn, despise, disesteem, disparage, look down on, look down one's nose at, misprize, scorn, underestimate), reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), yana şanssız olmak (be down on), kesmek (abandon, amputate, Bate, blunt, break, butcher, carve, cease, chaff, chop, chop off, clip, close, close down, crop, cut, cut back, cut off, cut out, deaden, disconnect, discontinue, dock, drop, dry up, excise, fair, fell, gash, give over, hack, hew, interrupt, intersect, kill, knife, lay off, lop, lop off, Nick, nick oneself, nip, nip off, occlude, pare, poll, prune, saw off, sever, shave, shear, shut down on, shut down upon, shut off, slash, slaughter, slice, slit, snick, stanch, staunch, stem, stop, truncate, wrap it up, wrap up), karşı olmak (be against, be down on smb., be opposed to, dissent, face, front, front on to, go against, go counter to, impugn, oppose, set against, weigh against smb.), kancayı takmak (be down on smb., get one's claws into, hook, hook on, make a dead-set at), kabul etmemek (cast to the winds, decline, disapprove, disclaim, gainsay, refuse, reject, repudiate, rule out, rule smth. out of order, turn thumbs down on, wave aside), küçümsemek (belittle, contemn, defy, depreciate, despise, disdain, flout, look down on, make light of, minimize, pooh pooh, scorn, sneer, underestimate, underrate, undervalue), küçük görmek (be disdainful of, belittle, disparage, look down, look down on, look down one's nose at, misprize, patronize, underestimate, underrate, upstage), kısmak (abridge, attenuate, ax, axe, check, choke, choke back, choke off, curtail, cut back, cut down on, depress, diminish, draw in, economize, narrow, pare, pare down, pinch, put down, qualify, reduce, retrench, scrimp, skimp, soften, stint, throttle, throttle down, tighten, turn down), sıkıştırmak (astringe, be urgent with smb., bear against, besiege, bombard, bottle up, clamp, clamp down, clinch, come down on, compact, compress, constrict, crowd, crush, drive smb. to the wall, dun, force, grind, grip, heckle, hurry, hustle, impact, impress, incarcerate, jam, jam in, lean on, lean upon, oppress, pin, pin down, pinch, ply, ply with, press, press for, press smb. close, push, push smb. to the wall, rush, shut in, slip into, squeeze, straiten, stress, tighten, tuck, wedge, weigh). (various references)

Turkmen 

dazarylmak (come down on, get tough with). (various references)

Ukrainian

спуститися вниз (be down on). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: down, noon, wood.

-3 letters: don, dow, nod, noo, now, own, won, woo.

-4 letters: do, no, od, on, ow, wo.

+1 letter: nonword.

+2 letters: downtown, nonwoody, nonwords.

+3 letters: bondwoman, bondwomen, countdown, downtowns, knockdown, snowbound.

+4 letters: brownnosed, countdowns, downtowner, knockdowns, woodenness, wrongdoing.

+5 letters: downloading, downtowners, downtrodden, hoodwinking, wrongdoings.