'beat down' definitions:
Definition of 'beat down'
From: WordNet
verb
Persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100" [syn: beat down, bargain down]
verb
Shine hard; "The sun beat down on the hikers"
verb
Dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price"
Synonyms of 'beat down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bargain,
- bear down,
- bend,
- bid,
- bid for,
- blow down,
- break,
- break down,
- bring down,
- bring low,
- bring to terms,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- burn down,
- cast down,
- castrate,
- chaffer,
- cheapen,
- chop down,
- clamp down on,
- coerce,
- compel,
- conquer,
- cow,
- crush,
- cut,
- cut down,
- cut prices,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- darken,
- dash,
- daunt,
- decline,
- defeat,
- deflate,
- deject,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- despotize,
- devaluate,
- dicker,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dispirit,
- dive,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- drive a bargain,
- enslave,
- fall,
- fall in price,
- fell,
- flatten,
- give way,
- grind,
- grind down,
- haggle,
- henpeck,
- higgle,
- huckster,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- intimidate,
- jew down,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- level,
- lord it over,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- mark down,
- master,
- mow down,
- negotiate,
- nose-dive,
- oppress,
- outbid,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- overpower,
- override,
- overwhelm,
- pare,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- press down,
- press heavy on,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- quell,
- rase,
- raze,
- reduce,
- repress,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- sadden,
- sag,
- shave,
- sink,
- slash,
- slump,
- smash,
- steamroller,
- subdue,
- subjugate,
- suppress,
- take down,
- tear down,
- terrorize,
- throw down,
- trample down,
- trample underfoot,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread underfoot,
- tread upon,
- trim,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- underbid,
- unman,
- vanquish,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh upon
Words containing 'beat down'
- Beat,
- Beating,
- To beat about,
- To beat down,
- To beat into,
- To beat off,
- To beat out,
- To beat out of,
- To beat up,
- To beat up and down,
- beat about,
- beat in,
- beat it,
- beat off,
- beat out,
- beat up,
- beats,
- A beating wind,
- Beat of a clock,
- Beat of a watch,
- Beat of drum,
- To beat a parley,
- To beat about the bush,
- To beat the dust,
- To beat the hoof,
- To beat the rap,
- To beat the record,
- To beat the wing,
- To beat time,
- To beat to a mummy,
- To beat up for recruits,
- To-beat,
- beat a retreat,
- beat back,
- beat generation,
- beat the drum,
- beat-up,
- dead beat,
- Dry-beat,
- Gold-beating,
- Storm-beat,
- beat around the bush,
- beats per minute,
- Double-beat valve,
- beating-reed instrument,
- battered beat-up beaten-up bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down unsound