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browbeat verb abash, badger, beat down, bully, chide, cow, daunt, deflate, discourage, dishonor, domineer, dress down, drive, exert pressure on, frighten, give one a talking to, goad, harass, humble, humiliate, intimidate, make nervous, make one feel small, nag, overawe, override, petrify, prevail upon, push into, put in fear, put pressure on, raise apprehensions, reprove, scare, set down, shame into, subdue, trounce See also: bait, discompose, frighten, goad, harass, harrow, harry, hector, intimidate, persecute, plague, press, threaten How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Bono may be celebrated for browbeating world leaders into funding debt relief for developing countries, but his Irish rock band is facing criticism for switching its financial affairs overseas to avoid paying higher taxes," reports The Guardian. Spring's book doesn't so much tell the story of business's courtship of the schools as it does business's 80-year heavy-handed and relentless browbeating of the schools into a corporate-friendly submission. Maybe it's the gender imbalance that exists in nursing, or maybe it's something do with some of us browbeating our own. |
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