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beatdown
[ beet-doun ]
noun
- a decisive defeat:
The team is on its way to the quarterfinals after delivering last night's 12–3 beatdown.
- a severe beating:
If you said that to me, you'd get the beatdown of your life.
verb phrase
- to cause to be subdued, discouraged, or hopeless:
Never allow yourself to be beaten down by the hardships you face in life.
Every time someone raises this issue, others beat them down with outraged attacks on their patriotism.
- to beat physically:
Protesters had been beaten down by police wielding batons.
- to persuade (a seller) to lower the price of something:
His first price was too high, so we tried to beat him down.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beatdown1
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Example Sentences
Then he got a brutal beatdown from a GOP foot soldier that was captured on camera and has gone viral.
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