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.

by Prophet Samuel December 8, 2004

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

by KaffyP February 2, 2010