Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down. / (transitive) To forcefully diminish the power or influence of; to quell; to squash.

Alternative spelling of beatdown

plural of beat down

To prepare land for agricultural use by burning the topsoil, used especially on sour or wet soil.

(poker) The losing of a hand after being the mathematical favorite to win at the start of the hand.

Alternative spelling of upbeat

(slang) To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat down

present participle of beat up

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat up