beat down

1. 1.

   persuade the seller to accept a lower price

   “She beat the merchant down $100”

   Synonymsbargain down

   Broaderhaggle
2. 2.

   shine hard

   “The sun beat down on the hikers”

   Broadershine
3. 3.

   dislodge from a position

   “She beat the dealer down to a much better price”

   Broadershift

Questions about beat down

What does beat down mean?

beat down means "persuade the seller to accept a lower price". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for beat down?

Close synonyms include bargain down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beat down a common word?

beat down is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.