beat sb down
informal— phrasal verb with beat uk/biːt/us/biːt/verb beat, beaten or US also beat
to persuade someone to accept a lower amount of money for something:
He wanted £75 for the bike, but I managed to beat him down to £50.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Negotiating prices
- bargain
- bargaining power
- barter
- beat
- bid
- cap
- dicker
- drive
- drive a hard bargain idiom
- gazump
- gazunder
- haggle
- negotiable
- negotiate
- non-negotiable
- predatory pricing
- quotation
- quote
- settle
- settle on sth