go hard with someone en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, slang) To lead to someone suffering; to place someone in difficulty or danger.
Laugh not, pretty one, for by my life it shall go hard with you if you tell not the truth.
1836, George Payne Rainsford James, Darnley: or, The field of the cloth of gold, volume 2, page 181:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gone hard with someone | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| going hard with someone | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| goes hard with someone | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| went hard with someone | Tense=Past | lexicographic |