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Rdep01 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Phrasal verb "To beat down"

Hello all, Emotion: smile

I'm trying to understand some phrasal verbs

For instance, if "sun/rain beats down", that means sun/rain is heavy.

But I don't get the meaning of "down" after "beat"... Why "to beat down" and not "to beat" ?

I would understand better if "to beat down" was used for horizontal movements, for instance a snowy wind that would beat feet instead of heads

We use "to beat down" following custom but it is hard to understand Emotion: smile

Is there somebody seeing an explaination for a poor guy as me ?

Thank you by advance for answers ! Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

UP SKY ^ SUNLIGHT RAIN ^ | | ^ | | ^ | | ^ BEATS v v v DOWN v v YOU v DOWN GROUND I don't see how you could miss this one! CJ

— CalifJim

  • UP SKY ^ SUNLIGHT RAIN ^ | | ^ | | ^ | | ^ BEATS v v v DOWN v v YOU v DOWN GROUND I don't see how you could miss this one!
  • CJ
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UP SKY

^ SUNLIGHT RAIN

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BEATS

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v DOWN

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Ah ok, the rain is in the sky and then beats down me on the ground

This is the point of view from the sky ... Emotion: smile

Th
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Rdep01the rain is in the sky and then beats down on me on the ground
Rdep01This is the point of view from the sky ...
I suppose you could look at it that way.

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