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

But simmering doubts over how much AI can keep pushing the market has been beating down on investors’ heads.

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Alvarez is the face of boxing and has never been beaten down or dominated.

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As the sun beat down, water jugs were stationed every few yards and tarps providing shade coverage were stationed around the perimeter of the rows of crops.

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Back in Georgia, the sun beats down through thick humidity - a reminder of why the state is so attractive to data centre developers.

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Outside Kakuma's food distribution centre, the sun beats down on the dry, dusty ground and security officers manage queues of refugees.

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