📖 Definitions of "Beat down"
verb
- 1
(of the sun or rain) To strike with great force.
"It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets."
- 2
To haggle with someone to sell at a lower price.
"I managed to beat him down to half his original asking price."
- 3
To severely beat someone up.
noun
- 1
A severe beating
- 2
A prescribed situation, usually to advance an angle or establish character, where two or more wrestlers severely beat up another wrestler or performer.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Beat down"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bargain downverb | persuade the seller to accept a lower price |
| get downverb | (intransitive) To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment. |
| put downverb | (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean. |
| go downverb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
| bear downverb | (intransitive) To intensify one's efforts. |
| press downverb | To press or push, especially for a long time. |
| wear downverb | To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue. |
| drag downverb | (transitive) To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood. |
| let downverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody. |
| move downverb | (transitive) To demote |
| cast downverb | (transitive) To make (a person) discouraged or dejected. |
| chop downverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To curtail, shorten |
| underbeatnoun | A beat that runs beneath a piece of music. |
| do downverb | (idiomatic) To belittle or intimidate. |
| downverb | (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. |
| brush downverb | (idiomatic) To straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance. |
| clean outverb | (transitive) To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. |
| fall to the groundverb | To come to nothing; to fail. |
| beat into fitsverb | (transitive, slang) To surpass or defeat utterly. |
| cut down to sizeverb | (informal, idiomatic) To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud. |
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