Verb browbeat has 2 senses
  1. strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
    --1 is one way to intimidate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. browbeat, bully, swagger - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
    --2 is one way to wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
    Sample sentence:
    They browbeat him into writing the letter
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