browbeat
verb (used with object)
to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully.
am browbeating
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present progressiveof browbeat (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Thurmond: "Is the Senator suggesting that I am browbeating the witness?"
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