HyperDic: grind_down

English > 1 sense of the expression grind down:
VERBsocialgrind down, tyrannize, tyranniserule a country as a tyrant
English > grind down: 1 sense > verb 1, social
MeaningRule a country as a tyrant.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymstyrannize, tyrannise
BroaderdictateRule as a dictator
See alsogrindpress or grind with a crushing noise
Spanishtiranizar
Catalantiranitzar

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