beat down
— phrasal verb with beat uk/biːt/us/biːt/verb beat, beaten or US also beat
If the sun beats down, it shines very strongly and makes the air very hot:
The tropical sun beat down on them mercilessly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hot & heat
- beat
- boil
- boiling
- burn
- burning
- closeness
- fug
- heat
- heating
- heatwave
- overheat
- red-hot
- roasting
- sizzling
- steaming
- stifling
- stuffy
- sweltering
- thermo-
- torrid
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