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Definition of visit on phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

visit on

phrasal verb
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visit something on/upon somebody/something
  1. (old use) to punish somebody/something
    • The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children (= children are blamed or suffer for what their parents have done).
See visit on in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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