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Definition of Beat down
1. Verb. Persuade the seller to accept a lower price. "Sam cannot beat down Sue "; "She beat the merchant down $100"
2. Verb. Shine hard. "The sun beat down on the hikers"
3. Verb. Dislodge from a position. "She beat the dealer down to a much better price"
Definition of Beat down
1. Verb. (of the sun or rain) to strike with great force. ¹
2. Verb. To haggle someone to sell at a lower price. ¹
3. Verb. (slang) to severely beat someone up ¹
4. Noun. (alternative spelling of beatdown) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beat Down
Literary usage of Beat down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"... Whig Secretaries, and a bitter Whig Advocate-General, laying their heads
together to crush and beat down a free press, which, in this country, ..."
2. A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, and Other Parts of by David Benedict (1813)
"... to beat down all the inventions of men. But the greatest curiosity is, that
this Reverend Divine accuses the devil of helping them to it The last of ..."
3. The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and of by Roger, Roger of Hoveden, Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
"If the Divine will cannot be moved by prayer, then the seed with the chaff will
the wrath of God beat down. That all things must return unto their ancient ..."
4. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"STAMP, vs To strike down firmly with -ER. the foot, to impress or mark ; to
nuke -INO. or fix a mark, sign or impression; to press, force or beat down, ..."
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