hit someone when they are down
(Redirected from hit a man when he's down)
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[edit]hit someone when they are down (third-person singular simple present hits someone when they are down, present participle hitting someone when they are down, simple past and past participle hit someone when they were down)
- (idiomatic) Synonym of kick someone when they are down (“make things worse for someone in a difficult position”)
- 1844, The Westminster Review[1], number LXXXIII:
- Not to hit a man when he is down is no item in Lord Stanley's code of honour;