Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
beat down — verb 1. persuade the seller to accept a lower price She beat the merchant down $100 • Syn: ↑bargain down • Hypernyms: ↑haggle, ↑higgle, ↑chaffer, ↑huckster • Verb … Useful english dictionary
beat down — phrasal verb Word forms beat down : present tense I/you/we/they beat down he/she/it beats down present participle beating down past tense beat down past participle beaten down 1) [intransitive] if the sun beats down, it shines very brightly… … English dictionary
beat down — 1) PHRASAL VERB When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright. 2) PHRASAL VERB When the rain beats down, it rains very hard. [V P] Even in the winter with the rain beating down, it s nice and cosy in there. 3) PHRASAL VERB If you beat down a … English dictionary
beat up phrasal — verb 1 (transitive beat someone up) to hurt someone badly by hitting them: They claimed they had been beaten up by the police. 2 beat up on AmE to hit someone and harm them, especially someone younger or weaker than yourself 3 beat up on yourself … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ˌbeat ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) if the sun beats down, it shines very brightly 2) if the rain beats down, it rains very hard … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
beat — beat1 W2S2 [bi:t] v past tense beat past participle beaten [ˈbi:tn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(competition/election)¦ 2¦(hit)¦ 3¦(hit against)¦ 4¦(do better)¦ 5¦(be better)¦ 6¦(food)¦ 7¦(control/deal with)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
beat — [[t]bi͟ːt[/t]] ♦ beats, beating, beaten (The form beat is used in the present tense and is the past tense.) 1) VERB If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. [V n] My wife tried to stop them and they beat her... [V n to n] They… … English dictionary
beat sb down — UK US beat sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with beat({{}}/biːt/ verb [T] (beat, beaten, US also beat) ► to persuade a person or organization to accept a lower amount of money for something that they are selling: »They tried to beat us down on the price … Financial and business terms
beat sb/sth down — UK US beat sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with beat({{}}/biːt/ verb [T] (beat, beaten, US also beat) ► to persuade a person or organization to accept a lower amount of money for something that they are selling: »They tried to beat us down on the price … Financial and business terms
beat sth down — UK US beat sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with beat({{}}/biːt/ verb [T] (beat, beaten, US also beat) ► to persuade a person or organization to accept a lower amount of money for something that they are selling: »They tried to beat us down on the price … Financial and business terms
