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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
browbeat .
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Examples
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Everything from the fight he has with his rapid-fire round to the way he browbeats his underling, Tim, is all planned to make him sound just a little more petty, a little more realistic, and a little more human.
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Grover Norquist's anti-government group back in Washington -- which busily browbeats Republicans into signing no-tax pledges -- is "ruling" that allowing the people to vote on taxes constitutes support for taxes.
William Bradley: The Jerry Brown Era Unfolds (Again) William Bradley 2011
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For Dan Rybicky, a filmmaker whose "Almost There: A Portrait of Peter Anton" told the story of the titular outsider artist from Indiana, the Wiggins' tale is "the flipside of the Jackson 5 story, where a Svengali father similarly browbeats his children into a popular act."
Sour Notes On Stage Andy Beta 2011
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Everything from the fight he has with his rapid-fire round to the way he browbeats his underling, Tim, is all planned to make him sound just a little more petty, a little more realistic, and a little more human.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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The Kingdom browbeats poorer governments if they advocate better treatment of their émigrés.
Jalal Alamgir: Eight Beheadings on Justice Square Jalal Alamgir 2011
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He went batshit crazy and showed himself to be one horrible man who browbeats and is, well, just a bully.
Behind the Scenes Clips from David O. Russell’s The Fighter | /Film 2010
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After all, part of “making life livable for ourselves” means not turning into the sort of noodge who browbeats friends and acquaintances about their dietary choices.
Vegan Envy 2009
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But part of “making life livable for ourselves” means not turning into the sort of noodge who browbeats friends and acquaintances about their dietary choices — at least until they start ordering the Flipper Tempura Roll at Nobu.
Vegan Envy 2009
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Someone who bribes or browbeats voters can check their ballots before mailing to make sure that they are being cast the right way.
Election Reform 2010
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The Kingdom browbeats poorer governments if they advocate better treatment of their émigrés.
Jalal Alamgir: Eight Beheadings on Justice Square Jalal Alamgir 2011
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