beat down

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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 Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot beat down Sue
2. shine hard
- The sun beat down on the hikers
• Hypernyms:
shine, beam
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. dislodge from a position
- She beat the dealer down to a much better price
• Hypernyms:
shift, dislodge, reposition
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something