| 单词 | beat down |
| 释义 | beat downSEE SYNONYMS FOR beat down ON THESAURUS.COM verb (adverb)(tr) informal to force or persuade (a seller) to accept a lower priceI beat him down three pounds (intr) (of the sun) to shine intensely; be very hot Words nearby beat downbeat a retreat, beat around the bush, beat back, beatbox, beatboxing, beat down, beaten, beaten biscuit, beaten track, beater, Beat Generation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with beat downbeat down 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] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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