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beat down

vb (adverb)

1. (Commerce) (tr) informal to force or persuade (a seller) to accept a lower price: I beat him down three pounds.

2. (intr) (of the sun) to shine intensely; be very hot

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Verb	1.	beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100" bargain down chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
	2.	beat down - shine hard; "The sun beat down on the hikers" beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
	3.	beat down - dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price" reposition, shift, dislodge - change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

beat

verb

1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:

assail, assault, baste, batter, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh.

Informal: lambaste.

Slang: clobber.

Idiom: rain blows on.

2. To punish with blows or lashes:

flog, hide, lash, thrash, whip.

Informal: trim.

Slang: lay into, lick.

3. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down:

flap, flitter, flop, flutter, waggle, wave.

4. To indicate (time or rhythm), as with repeated gestures or sounds:

count.

Idioms: keep time , mark time.

5. To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements:

palpitate, pound, pulsate, pulse, throb.

6. To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows:

forge, hammer, pound.

7. To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency:

whip, whisk.

8. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition:

best, conquer, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst.

Informal: trim, whip.

Slang: ace, lick.

Idioms: carry the day, get the best of, get the better of, go someone one better.

9. Informal. To be greater or better than:

best, better, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, top, transcend.

Idioms: go beyond, go one better.

10. Slang. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say:

confound, nonplus.

Informal: flummox, stick, stump, throw.

Idiom: put someone at a loss.

phrasal verb
beat down

To be projected with blinding intensity:

blaze, glare.

phrasal verb
beat off

To turn or drive away:

fend (off), keep off, parry, repel, repulse, ward off.

noun

1. A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound:

clunk, pound, thud, thump.

2. A periodic contraction or sound of something coursing:

palpitation, pulsation, pulse, throb.

3. The patterned, recurring alternation of contrasting elements, such as stressed and unstressed notes in music:

cadence, cadency, measure, meter, rhythm, swing.

4. An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter:

circuit, round, route.

adjective

Informal. Extremely tired:

bleary, dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, spent, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down, worn-out.

Informal: bushed, tuckered (out).

Slang: done in, fagged (out), pooped (out).

Idioms: all in, ready to drop.

Translations

يَخَفِّض السِّعْر بالمُساوَمَهيَضْغَط بالحَرارَه

pražitsmlouvat

brænde

brennen drücken herunterbrennen niederdrücken

lealkuszikletûz

prútta niîurvera heitur/brennandi

colpire far ribassare picchiare

slå ned prisen være hett

fiyat kırmak/indirmekkavurmaktepesine vurmak

杀价烤晒直射

w>beat down

vi (rain) → herunterprasseln; (sun) → herunterbrennen

vt sep

(= reduce) prices → herunterhandeln; opposition → kleinkriegen (inf); I managed to beat him down (on the price) → ich konnte den Preis herunterhandeln; I beat him down to £20 for the chair → ich habe den Stuhl auf £ 20 heruntergehandelt

(= flatten) door → einrennen; wheat, crop → niederwerfen

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beat

(biːt) – past tense beat: past participle ˈbeaten – verb

1. to strike or hit repeatedly. Beat the drum.

2. to win against. She beat me in a contest.

3. to mix thoroughly. to beat an egg.

4. to move in a regular rhythm. My heart is beating faster than usual.

5. to mark or indicate (musical time) with a baton etc. A conductor beats time for an orchestra.

noun

1. a regular stroke or its sound. I like the beat of that song.

2. a regular or usual course. a policeman's beat.

ˈbeater noun

ˈbeating noun

ˈbeaten adjective

1. overcome; defeated. the beaten team; He looked tired and beaten.

2. mixed thoroughly. beaten egg.

beat about the bush

to approach a subject in an indirect way, without coming to the point or making any decision.

beat down

1. (of the sun) to give out great heat. The sun's rays beat down on us.

2. to (force to) lower a price by bargaining. We beat the price down; We beat him down to a good price.

beat it

to go away. Beat it, or I'll hit you!; She told her little brother to beat it.

beat off

to succeed in overcoming or preventing. The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily.

beat a (hasty) retreat

to go away in a hurry. The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.

beat up

to punch, kick or hit (a person) severely and repeatedly. He beat up an old lady.

off the beaten track

away from main roads, centres of population etc.

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'tis in an hour like this, with soul beat down and held to knowledge, --as wild, untutored things are forced to feed --Oh, life!

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Not contented with tearing off all the wainscot and hangings, and splitting the doors to pieces, they beat down the partition walls; and although that alone cost them near two hours, they cut down the cupola or lanthorn, and they began to take the slate and boards from the roof, and were prevented only by the approaching daylight from a total demolition of the building.

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Jones was a little staggered by the blow, which came somewhat unexpectedly; but presently recovering himself he also drew, and though he understood nothing of fencing, prest on so boldly upon Fitzpatrick, that he beat down his guard, and sheathed one half of his sword in the body of the said gentleman, who had no sooner received it than he stept backwards, dropped the point of his sword, and leaning upon it, cried, "I have satisfaction enough: I am a dead man."

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They were again obliged, therefore, to beat down a path for their horses, sometimes travelling on the icy surface of the stream.

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The sun-baked streets seemed to give back the heat that had beat down on them during the day, and the passers-by dragged their feet along them wearily.

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But for these folk down at the coast, there wasn't a care in the world as the sun beat down.

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An assault of hooks forced the referee, who had witnessed something of a one-sided beat down until the finish, to call a halt to the action after less than two completed rounds to give 'Cambo' a sixth straight victory and a second stoppage in the paid code.

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As the sun beat down, she looked boiling zipped into her costume.

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Meanwhile, the sun beat down (as, ahem, it always does in the North East in August).