beat down

beat down
1. intransitive verb
[Sonne:] herniederbrennen; [Regen:] niederprasseln
2. transitive verb
1) einschlagen [Tür]
2) (in bargaining) herunterhandeln
* * *
1) ((of the sun) to give out great heat: The sun's rays beat down on us.) (herunter-)brennen
2) (to (force to) lower a price by bargaining: We beat the price down; We beat him down to a good price.) (nieder-)drücken
* * *
beat down
I. vi hail, rain [her]niederprasseln akk; sun [her]niederbrennen akk
the rain was beating down on the roof der Regen prasselte auf das Dach [hernieder]
the sun was \beat downing down on my back die Sonne brannte auf meinen Rücken [hernieder]
II. vt
to \beat down down ⇆ sth etw unterdrücken; emotions also etw niederkämpfen
2. (haggle)
to \beat down down ⇆ sb [to sth] jdn [auf etw +akk] herunterhandeln
* * *
1. vi
(rain) herunterprasseln; (sun) herunterbrennen
2. vt sep
1) (= reduce) prices herunterhandeln; opposition kleinkriegen (inf)

I managed to beat him down (on the price) — ich konnte den Preis herunterhandeln

I beat him down to £20 for the chair — ich habe den Stuhl auf £ 20 heruntergehandelt

2) (= flatten) door einrennen; wheat, crop niederwerfen
* * *
beat down
A v/t
1. eine Tür einschlagen
2. fig niederschlagen, unterdrücken
3. WIRTSCH
a) den Preis drücken, herunterhandeln
b) jemanden herunterhandeln (to auf akk)
B v/i
a) herunterbrennen (on auf akk) (Sonne)
b) herunter-, niederprasseln (on auf akk) (Regen)
* * *
1. intransitive verb
[Sonne:] herniederbrennen; [Regen:] niederprasseln
2. transitive verb
1) einschlagen [Tür]
2) (in bargaining) herunterhandeln
* * *
v.
herunterhandeln v.

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