Alternative spelling of down line

Describing a lower level in a hierarchical management structure

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

Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.

An act of sitting down, especially with other people in some form of social exchange. / A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.

plural of beat down

(transitive, of an object that can be raised or lowered) To lower by winding, as with a crank or windlass. / (transitive, of a device with a mainspring) To unwind.

simple past tense and past participle of water down

Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie. / (idiomatic) Serious; staid; businesslike. / (idiomatic) Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.