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1have a down on — (informal) DISAPPROVE OF, be against, feel antagonism to, be hostile to, feel ill will towards; informal have it in for, be down on. → down * * * have a down on british informal phrase to dislike or not approve of someone or something Thesaurus:… …
2have a down on — ► be (or have a) down on informal feel hostile towards. Main Entry: ↑down …
3have something down to a science — have (something) down to a science to be able to manage all the details of doing something very well. We have traffic management at the new stadium down to a science. Related vocabulary: have something down pat …
4have (someone) down on (you) like a ton of bricks — informal be/come down on (someone) like a ton of bricks to punish someone very quickly and severely. If she starts drinking again she ll have the family down on her like a ton of bricks …
5have something down pat — have (something) down pat to learn something so well that you do not have to think about how to do or say it. Bud had his answers down pat, but he knew there could be some questions on the test that he hadn t thought of …
6have something down to a fine art — have (something) down to a fine art British, American & Australian, British & Australian to be able to do something very well, usually because you have been doing it for a long time. He s got sandwich making down to a fine art …
7have a down on somebody — have a ˈdown on sb/sth idiom (BrE, informal) to have a bad opinion of a person or thing Main entry: ↑downidiom …
8have a down on something — have a ˈdown on sb/sth idiom (BrE, informal) to have a bad opinion of a person or thing Main entry: ↑downidiom …
9have something down to a fine art — have/get something down to a fine art informal phrase to be or become very good at doing something, especially something difficult Thesaurus: to be good at doing somethingsynonym Main entry: fine art * * * have (or get) something down to a fine… …
10have something down pat — have/know sth off ˈpat idiom (BrE) (NAmE have/know sth down ˈpat) to know sth perfectly so that you can repeat it at any time without having to think about it • He had all the answers off pat …
