0 to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly: --
1 to ask or demand continually that someone do something: --
At one moment one man browbeats the party.
We cannot browbeat men like that and pay them a price to get out of agriculture.
An attempt was made to browbeat the community into accepting a thoroughly ill-conceived proposition.
I am perfectly willing to give way, but he must learn to show a little courtesy, instead of just pushing in and trying to browbeat.
We shall not resort to blackmail in order to browbeat the voluntary grammar schools.
He should not be browbeaten by the generals.
I earnestly hope that we will not be browbeaten in this matter by the attempt of some newspapers to prevent us clearing our name.
Although we are sympathetic to these petitions, does this not illustrate that pensioners are being browbeaten into accepting that they must now ask for charity?
