Translations for „browbeat“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

brow·beat <-beat, -beaten> [ˈbraʊbi:t] VB trans

browbeat

zastraševati [perf zastrašiti]

browbeat

ustrahovati

to browbeat sb into doing sth

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Usage examples with browbeat

to browbeat sb into doing sth

siliti koga v kaj

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English

Highly sensitive to criticism, he hated having his authority challenged, and tended to browbeat his political opponents.

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The next argument advanced against the rules is that the threat of action for browbeating the judges is intended to silence the lawyers.

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She resisted the temptation to over-indicate an emotion (an acting no-no but generally accepted in the world of sitcoms) or browbeat a joke.

deadspin.com

Snowplow parents may go to great lengths to see children get perfect grades, from helping with homework to browbeating teachers.

national.deseretnews.com

Terrified of losing control, the would-be adventurer commands the men to continue digging aimlessly, even trying to browbeat them into laboring on a holy day.

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They warn that it's not about browbeating the other person into compliance, but finding a win-win solution.

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If you don't regulate, you can always browbeat these behemoths into doing something, suggesteth the latter.

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It's probably the most awful example of browbeating you'll ever see...

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I don't know her personal circumstances but in mine we had a conservative brother browbeating my sisters into this.

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Constitutionality is a stick to exclusively browbeat the security establishment.

nation.com.pk