Usually means: Intense defeat or harsh criticism.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. beat down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. beat down: Collins English Dictionary
  3. beat down: Vocabulary.com
  4. beat-down: Wordnik
  5. beat down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. beat down: Wiktionary
  7. beat down: Dictionary.com
  8. Beat Down: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. beat down: Rhymezone
  10. beat down: FreeDictionary.org
  11. beat down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. beat down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. beat down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. beat down: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. beat down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. beat down: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. beat down: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. beat down, beat down: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. beat-down: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (beat down)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down.
verb:  (transitive) To forcefully diminish the power or influence of; to quell; to squash.
verb:  (intransitive) (of the sun) To shine brightly and radiate with intense heat.
verb:  (intransitive) (of rain) To strike with great force.
verb:  (transitive) To wear (someone) out by repeated actions that overwhelm one's patience or strength.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To haggle with (someone) to sell at a lower price.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To severely beat someone up.
noun:  Alternative spelling of beatdown [(slang) A severe beating.]

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