- (transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
browbeat
browbeat VERB (third-person singular simple present browbeats, present participle browbeating, simple past browbeat, past participle browbeaten)
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