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]

Example Sentences

The AI-trade, led by Nvidia, was back in vogue to start the week after a recent beat down, but signs of stress from CoreWeave seem to be weighing on sentiment for Tuesday.

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But as the sun beat down and the wind rushed over her, Roz felt her body drying out.

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Tropical Storm Melissa beat down on the Caribbean on Friday, leaving at least three people dead in Haiti as officials warned it was set to strengthen into a hurricane.

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While the stock has been beaten down amid a string of headlines about First Brands, Oppenheimer expects the exposure “to have little if any financial impact.”

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The sun is beating down in Pasadena, leaving the Rose Bowl parking lot hot to the touch.

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