kick someone when they are down
kick someone when they are down · kicks someone when they are down · kicked someone when they were down · kicking someone when they are down
To make things worse for someone who is going through a difficult timeTo make things worse for someone who is going through a difficult time.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To make things worse for someone who is going through a difficult time.
Examples
20 sentencesTranslations
4 languagesForms
kicks someone when they are down, kicking someone when they are down, kicked someone when they were down, kicked someone when they were down| Base form | kick someone when they are down · to kick someone when they are down |
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| 3rd person singular | kicks someone when they are down |
| Present participle | kicking someone when they are down |
| Past simple | kicked someone when they were down |
| Past participle | kicked someone when they were down |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | kick someone when they are down |
| he, she, it | kicks someone when they are down |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | kicked someone when they were down |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have kicked someone when they were down |
| he, she, it | has kicked someone when they were down |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will kick someone when they are down |
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.