From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbeat down phrasal verb1 DNif the sun beats down, it shines very brightly and the weather is hot2 DNif the rain beats down, it is raining very hard3 beat the door down to hit a door so hard that it falls down4 beat somebody down British EnglishCHEAP to persuade someone to reduce a pricebeat somebody down to He wanted £4,500 for the car, but I beat him down to £3,850.5 beat somebody ↔ down to make someone feel defeated, so they no longer respect themselves The women seemed beaten down. → beat→ See Verb table
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beat somebody down• I beat him down and got the bracelet for $2.• The owners originally wanted $1000 for the horse, but George managed to beat them down to $850. 