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down on

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  1. Hostile or negative toward, ill-disposed to. For example, All the reviewers were down on this play, or Ever since he was injured, he's been down on skiing. [Mid-1800s] Also see down on one's luck.

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Largely unregulated investment pools for institutions and the wealthy, hedge funds make big bets--up or down--on stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, for a moment at least-- Our hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down--on what? a fathomless abyss, A dark eternity, how surely ours!

From Guy Mannering — Complete by Scott, Walter, Sir

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