beat down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
persuade the seller to accept a lower price
She beat the merchant down $100
Types & categories
- haggle hypernym
Sense 2 verb
shine hard
The sun beat down on the hikers
Types & categories
- beam hypernym
Sense 3 verb
dislodge from a position
She beat the dealer down to a much better price
Types & categories
- reposition hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | haggle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beam |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reposition |