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dump on someone or something

 

1. . to snow on someone or something. Well, it dumped on us again last night. The cold front dumped on the northeast again today.

2. and do a dump on someone or something; dump all over someone or something S(. to criticize someone or something; to destroy someone or something. There is no need to do a dump on me. I didn't wreck your car. The boss—mad as a wet hen—dumped all over me.

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dump something on someone

Fig. to pour out one's troubles to someone. She dumped all her grief on her friend, Sally. I wish you wouldn't dump all your problems on me.

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dump on

v.

1. To discard or discharge something onto some other thing: We weren't allowed to dump trash on the premises. Someone dumped this package on my front porch.

2. To tell all one's problems to someone: After he was fired, he dumped his problems on me for hours. She dumped on me when her boyfriend left.

3. To criticize someone severely and unfairly: You're dumping on me because you're in a bad mood, not because I did anything wrong.

4. To assign some job to someone, often inconveniently and unfairly: The boss dumped the filing on the new employee. The most menial work was dumped on the interns.

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