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Meanings of
browbeat
in English
Catalan
intimidar
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Be bossy towards.
hector
bully
swagger
bullyrag
strong-arm
ballyrag
boss around
push around
Catalan
intimidar
Synonyms
Examples for "
hector
"
hector
bully
swagger
bullyrag
strong-arm
Examples for "
hector
"
1
Hector
gave Ranger a new keypad, and he said something in Spanish.
2
From such texts we know how right, and how wrong,
Hector
is.
3
We expected to find the mangled body of
Hector
in the morning.
4
Maybe he saw
Hector
go into the house to install your camera.
5
If both are empty, we'll try to find the place
Hector
described.
1
Otherwise, Vladimir Putin may conclude he can
bully
countries inside the EU.
2
But I shall deny him the chance to
bully
me in public.
3
On that Twitter fight, Badu said, I just had to
bully
control.
4
Until one day, Felicity told the
bully
'enough' and it all stopped.
5
Only social media makes it possible to
bully
on such a scale.
1
It brings a certain credibility, authority and a confident
swagger
to proceedings.
2
His manner was changed; there was something of a
swagger
in it.
3
Morrison, playing with an increasing
swagger
,
soon took control of the match.
4
Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely
swagger
.
5
When the pair returned the deputy seemed to have lost his
swagger
.
1
But I did not come here to
bullyrag
like an old woman.
2
I tried to
bullyrag
him into keeping on, but it was no go.
3
She is likely to scold and
'
bullyrag
'
to her heart's content.
4
Then we watched them go and
bullyrag
Jake; because we was pretty uneasy for him.
5
At last it was Shay's insistent
bullyrag
that had sent him to the remote farmhouse.
1
However, this
strong
-
arm
approach was vetoed by his fellows, Accardo and Giancana.
2
Lately, Shorty had been using his badge to
strong
-
arm
support for Noah.
3
Louis Kaufman, the New Jersey union
strong
-
arm
,
was given seven years.
4
But if America can
strong
-
arm
companies into handing over data, so can China.
5
They use a few
strong
-
arm
tactics occasionally, but no more than established businesses.
1
"Don't
ballyrag
the poor man," said Jane Hubbard.
1
You can imagine how well he did without Hunters to
boss
around
.
2
And I shall provide you with an entire pack to
boss
around
.
3
She could
boss
around
a fleet of marines without anyone questioning her authority.
4
Now you'll find out who is the
boss
around
here.
5
Don't you have minions to
boss
around
at the worksite?
1
Sprawling conglomerates often attract attention, but can be hard to
push
around
.
2
Let the others
push
around
,
I'll wait and get the valise on somehow.
3
No more troops to
push
around
or medals to be earned.
4
Morgan was a lot to
push
around
,
even with the help of the chair.
5
He knew what Hubert wanted: another pawn to
push
around
in his game of politics.
Usage of
browbeat
in English
1
Can you
browbeat
people into thinking something is popular when it isn't?
2
He was not easily browbeaten, and was generally prepared to
browbeat
others.
3
The leader then
browbeat
more of his gang into charging the doorway.
4
Don't let the Cabinet
browbeat
you, and smother you with plausible sophistries.
5
You come here and try to
browbeat
Miss Harriman when she's alone.
6
How dare you come here to annoy and
browbeat
that poor girl?
7
She was not going to let her current circumstances
browbeat
her.
8
It offended me that the Duke should attempt to
browbeat
you.
9
So you could
browbeat
her into changing her mind, you mean.
10
He
browbeat
the constable very soon, and even bullied Master Shaw into silence.
11
He cross-questioned the witnesses, and did his best to
browbeat
Peverell.
12
They didn't
browbeat
me, but I had definitely made them uneasy.
13
I like to be moved by arguments, not
browbeat
by them.
14
No...they tried to
browbeat
someone much further down the totem pole.
15
They argued with her, pleaded with her, tried to
browbeat
her.
16
And why couldn't Lapierre have been the one to
browbeat
and bully them?
Other examples for "browbeat"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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browbeat
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
browbeat by
browbeat others
browbeat a woman
browbeat people
browbeat folks
More collocations
Translations for
browbeat
Catalan
intimidar
Browbeat
through the time
Browbeat
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