Brewer's: Down on Him

(To be). I was down on him in a minute. I pounced on him directly; I detected his trick immediately. Also to treat harshly. The allusion is to birds of prey.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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