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phrasevisit on/upon
! visit upon is more formal than visit on visit on and is mostly used in writing
visit sth on/upon sb/sth usually passive formal to cause something very unpleasant or harmful to happen to someone or something: Newspapers described the terrible suffering that was being visited on the people. Look at the devastation that has been visited on our schools by the lack of sufficient funds.■ SIMILAR TO: inflict formal
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