Usually means: Rebuke or suppress forcefully, quickly.
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  1. slap down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slap down: Merriam-Webster
  3. slap down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. slap-down: Wordnik
  5. slap-down, slap down: Wiktionary
  6. slap down: Dictionary.com
  7. slap down: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slap down: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slap down: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Slap Down: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (slap down)

verb:  (transitive) To browbeat or reprimand (someone) harshly, usually in front of other people.
verb:  (transitive) To harshly reject (something).
noun:  Alternative spelling of slapdown [An instance of slapping down, especially a humiliation or rejection.]

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