VISIT STH ON / UPON SB/STH


Meaning of VISIT STH ON / UPON SB/STH in English

( old use ) to punish sb/sth :

The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children (= children are blamed or suffer for what their parents have done) .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.