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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BEATDOWN

Verb

beat down (third-person singular simple present beats down, present participle beating down, simple past beat down, past participle beaten down)Category:English lemmas#BEATDOWNCategory:English verbs#BEATDOWNCategory:English phrasal verbs#BEATDOWNCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with %22down%22#BEATDOWNCategory:English multiword terms#BEATDOWNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEATDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#BEAT%20DOWNCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEAT%20DOWN

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat,‎ down.

   The transmission tower was beaten down by the storm.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEATDOWN

2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BEATDOWN) To forcefully diminish the power or influence of; to quell; to squash.

   The government tried to beat down the opposition movement.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEATDOWN

3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BEATDOWN) (of the sun) To shine brightly and radiate with intense heat.

   We had to leave the beach because the sun was really beating down.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEATDOWN

4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BEATDOWN) (of rain) To strike with great force.

   It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEATDOWN

5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BEATDOWN) To wear (someone) out by repeated actions that overwhelm one's patience or strength.

   She continued to badger until his friend did what he said. Eventually, she beat him down and he gave in.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEATDOWN

6. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BEATDOWN, informalCategory:English informal terms#BEATDOWN) To haggle with (someone) to sell at a lower price.

   I managed to beat him down to half his original asking price.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEATDOWN

   We beat the price down to 50 dollars.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEATDOWN

7. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BEATDOWN, slangCategory:English slang#BEATDOWN) To severely beat someone up.

Noun

beat down (plural beat downs)Category:English lemmas#BEATDOWNCategory:English nouns#BEATDOWNCategory:English countable nouns#BEATDOWNCategory:English multiword terms#BEATDOWNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEATDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#BEAT%20DOWNCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEAT%20DOWN

1. Alternative spelling of beatdown.

Anagrams

• downbeat