browbeat
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browbeat (third-person singular simple present browbeats, present participle browbeating, simple past browbeat, past participle browbeaten)
- (transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
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- (to bully in an intimidating way): bully, cow, domineer, intimidate
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to bully in an intimidating way
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- browbeat in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- browbeat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
