slap down
verb
slapped down; slapping down; slaps down
Examples of slap down in a Sentence
public protests against the dictatorial government were always promptly slapped down
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And then you'd be slapped down, immediately and politely, as is Hamm's way.
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Then this week, Steele slapped down a bid to stay his preliminary injunction.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Trump slapped down a small group of blue state Republican lawmakers, mostly from the New York suburbs, who are pushing for a big increase in the deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
He was slapped down by Justice Roger B. Taney (yes, that Taney, the author of the Dred Scott decision).
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Then this week, Steele slapped down a bid to stay his preliminary injunction.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Trump slapped down a small group of blue state Republican lawmakers, mostly from the New York suburbs, who are pushing for a big increase in the deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
He was slapped down by Justice Roger B. Taney (yes, that Taney, the author of the Dred Scott decision).
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for slap down
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“Slap down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20down. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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