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Noun: beatdown
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A sound defeat
    "The underdog team received a beatdown in the championship game";
    - thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing [informal], slaughter, trouncing, whipping, pasting [informal], hammering [informal], débâcle, smackdown [N. Amer, informal], licking [informal]
Verb: beat down  beet dawn
  1. Persuade the seller to accept a lower price
    "She managed to beat down the price of the car";
    - bargain down
     
  2. Shine hard
    "The sun beat down on the hikers"
     
  3. (of rain) fall heavily
    "The rain beat down on the roof all night"
     
  4. Dislodge from a position
    "The protesters were beaten down by the police"

Derived forms: beats down, beat down, beating down, beaten down, beatdowns

Type of: beam, chaffer, defeat, dislodge, haggle, higgle [archaic], huckster [N. Amer], reposition, shift, shine

Encyclopedia: Beatdown