beat down

verb

1. informal.
   tr 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

Example Sentences

So why would stakeholders in our healthcare system not be beating down the doors to make these drugs more widely available?

From Los Angeles Times

The August sun, formerly a welcome source of warmth, now beat down mercilessly.

From Salon

The late afternoon summer sun beat down from a clear blue sky, as this small town in Pennsylvania prepared for its biggest spectacle in years.

From BBC

I think that in and of itself is unsettling because you want to see evil just kind of beat down and be done with by the time the curtain goes down.

From Salon

"I didn't even want to see a pool again. I had been beaten down again and again and again."

From BBC

Related Words

• abolish
• censor
• conceal
• contain
• cover up
• crack down on
• crush
• curb
• cut off
• muzzle
• overcome
• overthrow
• put an end to
• put down
• quash
• quell
• quench
• repress
• silence
• snuff out