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lay the smack down 

To take control of a situation with the intention of resolving it as rapidly as possible
I am gonna go in there and lay the smack down
lay the smack down by KaffyP February 3, 2010

to lay the smack down 

Verb: to say a severely harsh comment to someone and offend them so badly they cannot look at you.

commonly used phrase: The smack down has been brought.
When Amar told Ned that he needed three sweaters to be sown together to make one of Ned's socks, he layed the smackdown so badly that Ned could not look at Amar for three weeks.