browbeat

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Infinitive
to browbeat

Third person singular
browbeats

Simple past
browbeat

Past participle
browbeaten

Present participle
browbeating

to browbeat (third-person singular simple present browbeats, present participle browbeating, simple past browbeat, past participle browbeaten)

  1. (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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