beat down
(tr) informal to force or persuade (a seller) to accept a lower price: I beat him down three pounds
(intr) (of the sun) to shine intensely; be very hot
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How to use beat down in a sentence
The sun beat down as the procession halted behind the parking lot for Pep Boys, a repair garage.
In a shocking outcome to Super Bowl XLVII, Seattle beat down Denver for a record-breaking win.
Super Blowout: Seahawks Buck Broncos to Take Home the Championship Title | Ben Teitelbaum | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAbu Mazen responded by having his thug police force beat down the people.
Palestinian Prisoners: Pawns of the Peace Process | Maysoon Zayid | August 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe newly-vernal sun beat down hot last Friday afternoon in the Palestinian West Bank village of Bi'lin.
Viggo covered in prison tats, issuing a vicious, butt-naked beat-down in the Russian mobster drama Eastern Promises.
Viggo Mortensen on Playing Freud in ‘A Dangerous Method’ | Chris Lee | November 23, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
The hot sun beat down upon the streets and houses, but awoke no life.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnA light rain had fallen the night before, just enough to beat down the dust and freshen the landscape.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyBut Menotah only laughed again, while the roar of the great rapids beat down upon their ears with sound of sombre menace.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamA dull roar from the distant rapids beat down ominously along the evening wind.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamThis man, apparently so cold and formal, seemed to contain within him a burning altar, the flames of which beat down upon us.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
Other Idioms and Phrases with beat down
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]
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