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browbeaten

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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.
Origin:
1575–85; brow + beat

Related forms
brow·beat·er, noun

Synonyms
cow, badger, tyrannize, harass, coerce.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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browbeat
"to bully," originally "to bear down with stern or arrogant looks," 1580s, from brow + beat (v.).
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"[I]t appears from the earliest quotations ... that the brow in question was that of the beater, not of the beaten party; but it is not evident whether the meaning was 'to beat with one's (frowning) brows,' or 'to beat (?lower) one's brows at.'" [OED]
Related: Browbeaten; browbeating.
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