beat down

vb (adverb)

1. (Business / Commerce) (tr) Informal to force or persuade (a seller) to accept a lower price I beat him down three pounds

2. (intr) (of the sun) to shine intensely; be very hot

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Verb	1.	beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100" bargain down chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
	2.	beat down - shine hard; "The sun beat down on the hikers" beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
	3.	beat down - dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price" reposition, shift, dislodge - change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

Translations

? beat down

vi (rain) → herunterprasseln; (sun) → herunterbrennen

vt sep

(= reduce) prices → herunterhandeln; opposition → kleinkriegen (inf); I managed to beat him down (on the price) → ich konnte den Preis herunterhandeln; I beat him down to £20 for the chair → ich habe den Stuhl auf £ 20 heruntergehandelt

(= flatten) door → einrennen; wheat, crop → niederwerfen

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abate
bargain down
Battering-ram
beam
beat
beat up on
beats
chaffer
defiled
defilement
Defiler
dislodge
haggle
higgle
huckster
rabbet
rain
rebate
relentlessly

tis in an hour like this, with soul beat down and held to knowledge, --as wild, untutored things are forced to feed --Oh, life

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

Not contented with tearing off all the wainscot and hangings, and splitting the doors to pieces, they beat down the partition walls; and although that alone cost them near two hours, they cut down the cupola or lanthorn, and they began to take the slate and boards from the roof, and were prevented only by the approaching daylight from a total demolition of the building.

Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

Jones was a little staggered by the blow, which came somewhat unexpectedly; but presently recovering himself he also drew, and though he understood nothing of fencing, prest on so boldly upon Fitzpatrick, that he beat down his guard, and sheathed one half of his sword in the body of the said gentleman, who had no sooner received it than he stept backwards, dropped the point of his sword, and leaning upon it, cried, "I have satisfaction enough: I am a dead man.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context