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have a downer on somebody

  (British & Australian informal)

to not like someone I didn't realise she felt like that about Julian. She's got a real downer on him.

See also: downer, have, on

downer

and down and downie

1. n. a barbiturate or a tranquilizer. (Drugs.) Too much booze with those downers, and you’re dead.

2. n. a bad drug experience; a down trip. (Drugs.) That stuff you gave me was a real downer.

3. n. a depressing event; a bad situation; a down trip. These cloudy days are always downers.