beat down
When the sun is really hot and strong, or when you force someone down or get them to lower their price.
Meanings
Of the sun or rain: to shine or fall with great intensity and force.
"The afternoon sun beat down on the hikers as they crossed the desert."
"The sun beat down on the Salinas Valley."
— John Steinbeck, East of Eden, 1952
To defeat or suppress a person or group harshly and completely.
"The uprising was beaten down by government forces within days."
To persuade a seller to lower their price through negotiation.
"She managed to beat the dealer down by two hundred dollars on the car."
The weather sense (sun beating down) is intransitive and very common. The negotiation sense is informal and separable. The sense of suppressing people is used in historical and political contexts.
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