beat down

verb

1. informal,  (tr) 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

Idioms and Phrases

Force or drive down; defeat or subdue. For example, “And finally to beat down Satan under our feet” ( The Book of Common Prayer , 1552). [c. 1400]

Strike violently, as in the The sun kept beating down on us all day long . [Mid-1800s]

beat someone down . Make someone lower a price, as in He's always trying to beat us down . Economist Jeremy Bentham used this idiom in 1793: “Thus monopoly will beat down prices.” [ Slang ; late 1700s]

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