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browbeat

🇬🇧 UK/'brajbi:t/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To intimidate or bully someone with an overbearing or threatening manner.

恐吓,威吓,用气势压人

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
browstem
+
beatto strike, rhythm, pulse
=browbeat

Common Collocations

  • 1.browbeat someone威吓某人

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He tried to browbeat his colleagues into agreeing with him.

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