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What (who) is beat down - definition
beat down
2012 SINGLE BY STEVE AOKI AND ANGGER DIMAS
v.
1) (D; intr.) to beat down on (the sun beat down on us mercilessly)
2) (BE) (D; tr.) ('to persuade to reduce a price') to beat down to (I beat them down to ten pounds)
beat down
2012 SINGLE BY STEVE AOKI AND ANGGER DIMAS
1.
When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
PHRASAL VERB
2.
When the rain beats down, it rains very hard.
Even in the winter with the rain beating down, it's nice and cosy in there.
= pour down
PHRASAL VERB: V P
3.
If you beat down a person who is selling you something, you force them to accept a lower price for it than they wanted to get.
A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down...
Beat down the seller to the price that suits you.
= knock down
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
beat down
2012 SINGLE BY STEVE AOKI AND ANGGER DIMAS
1.
Batter, overturn, destroy, break, throw down.
2.
Subdue, overpower, overcome, crush, put down.
3.
Press down (by blows), lay flat.
Examples of use of beat down
1. "I think the administration‘s getting beat down badly on environmental regulations" already, Becker said.
2. Economists had been pressing for higher interest rates to help the rupiah and beat down inflation.
3. Water beat down steadily, like strong fingers tapping on our bodies.
4. Basil‘s Cathedral as the sun beat down on a warm summer‘s afternoon.
5. Babies were held over parents‘ heads, and the sun beat down mercilessly.