Brow-beat

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of browbeat. alt-of, alternative

    "Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state."

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bullybullycowdomineerhectorintimidate

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"Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state."

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