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brow⋅beat
[brou-beet] 
–verb (used with object), -beat, -beat⋅en, -beat⋅ing.
| to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing. |
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| brow·beat (brou'bēt') tr.v. brow·beat, brow·beat·en (-bēt'n), brow·beat·ing, brow·beats To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully. See Synonyms at intimidate. brow'beat'er n. |
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Browbeat
Brow"beat`\, v. t. [imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Browbeating.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving.
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