MEANING
To pressure someone into yielding through bullying words or conduct.
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Words that belong together
- browbeat a witness
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He browbeat the witness into agreement.
She refused to be browbeaten.
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Word forms
- Base
- browbeat
- Past tense
- browbeat
- Past participle
- browbeaten
- Present participle
- browbeating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- browbeat
- Present continuous
- am/is/are browbeating
- Present perfect
- have/has browbeaten
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been browbeating
- Past
- browbeat
- Past continuous
- was/were browbeating
- Past perfect
- had browbeaten
- Past perfect continuous
- had been browbeating
- Future
- will browbeat
- Future continuous
- will be browbeating
- Future perfect
- will have browbeaten
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been browbeating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: browbeat; browbeats; browbeat; browbeaten; browbeating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: browbeats.
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