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Whether Blair, like Thatcher, can or will browbeat his colleagues is unknown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pompous boys are often mean-spirited and cowardly; they will browbeat those who are afraid of them; but those who look down on them and despise them, they hold in the highest esteem.

From Little Grandfather by May, Sophie