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browbeat — v. (D; tr.) to browbeat into (they could not browbeat him into confessing) * * * [ braʊbiːt] (D; tr.) to browbeat into (they could not browbeat him into confessing) … Combinatory dictionary
browbeat — I verb abash, badger, beat down, bully, chide, cow, daunt, deflate, discourage, dishonor, domineer, dress down, drive, exert pressure on, frighten, give one a talking to, goad, harass, humble, humiliate, intimidate, make nervous, make one feel… … Law dictionary
browbeat — UK [ˈbraʊˌbiːt] / US [ˈbraʊˌbɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms browbeat : present tense I/you/we/they browbeat he/she/it browbeats present participle browbeating past tense browbeat past participle browbeaten UK [ˈbraʊˌbiːt(ə)n] / US… … English dictionary
browbeat — [[t]bra͟ʊbiːt[/t]] browbeats, browbeating, browbeaten VERB (The form browbeat is used in the present tense and is also the past tense.) If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want. [V n] ...attempts to deceive,… … English dictionary
browbeat — brow|beat [ˈbaubi:t] v past tense browbeat past participle browbeaten [ bi:tn] [T] to try to make someone do something, especially in a threatening way browbeat sb into doing sth ▪ She was determined to browbeat everyone into believing her … Dictionary of contemporary English
browbeat — brow|beat [ brau,bit ] (past tense brow|beat; past participle brow|beat|en [ brau,bitn ] ) verb transitive to make someone do something by asking or threatening them until they agree: BULLY: browbeat someone into (doing) something: She wasn t… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
browbeat — browbeater, n. /brow beet /, v.t., browbeat, browbeaten, browbeating. to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing. [1575 85; BROW + BEAT] Syn. cow, badger, tyrannize, harass, coerce. * * * … Universalium
browbeat — verb they browbeat the witness into changing her testimony Syn: bully, intimidate, force, coerce, compel, hector, dragoon, bludgeon, pressure, pressurize, tyrannize, terrorize, menace; harass, harry, hound; informal bulldoze, railroad … Thesaurus of popular words
browbeat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bully (See fear). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bully, intimidate, frighten, cow; see ride 4 , threaten 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. intimidate, bully, cow, badger, terrorize, harass, threaten,… … English dictionary for students
browbeat — verb past tense browbeatpast participle browbeaten, (transitive + into) to make someone do something by continuously asking them to, especially in an unpleasant threatening way: The witness was being browbeaten under cross examination … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
push into — index browbeat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
