go down badly

Frequency: 6.07.5 per million words

to be received in a negative way by an audience or group

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Examples (10)

  • The joke went down badly with the audience.
  • The price hike goes down badly with customers.
  • His blunt remark went down badly with the team at yesterday’s meeting.
  • The CEO’s apology has gone down badly with shareholders.
  • The new policy is going down badly with frontline staff.
  • Framing the delay as “minor” will go down badly with clients.
  • Why did the announcement go down so badly with the press?
  • If you blame the volunteers, it will go down badly with the community.
  • His attempt at humor went down badly with the crowd.
  • Tax increases generally go down badly with voters.