beat down phrasal verb ( see also ↑ beat )
1 . if the sun beats down, it shines very brightly and the weather is hot
2 . if the rain beats down, it is raining very hard
3 . beat the door down to hit a door so hard that it falls down
4 . beat somebody down British English to persuade someone to reduce a price
beat somebody down to
He wanted £4,500 for the car, but I beat him down to £3,850.
5 . beat somebody ↔ down to make someone feel defeated, so they no longer respect themselves:
The women seemed beaten down.