smack down (someone)

Translations
поставить (кого-то) на место
The manager had to smack down the rumors about the company's bankruptcy.
Менеджеру пришлось поставить на место слухи о банкротстве компании.
Definitions
To physically defeat or overpower someone, often in a forceful or dramatic way; can also mean to strongly criticize or refute someone in a verbal confrontation.
Words
smack

verb
жёстко осадить
down

adverb
полностью
someone

pronoun
кого-либо