brow
beat
Third Person
browbeats
Present Participle
browbeating
Past Tense
browbeat
Past Participle
browbeaten
1
to force a person into doing something by threatening or frightening them
- He tried to browbeat his coworkers into accepting the new policy.
- She felt pressured when her boss browbeat her into taking on additional tasks.
- She was browbeaten into apologizing, even though she felt she was right.
- He browbeat his friends into helping him with the project under duress.
- The politician browbeat his supporters into agreeing with his controversial proposal.