beat (someone) down

to make someone tired or unable to continue doing something.

I like the work, but the schedule just beats me down and wears on me.

Usage notes: often used in the form be beaten down:

Paul was so beaten down by his debts that he couldn't even think.

• cold-turkey
• cold turkey
• Colonel Blimp
• come a cropper
• come across
• come across as
• come across someone
• come across something
• Come again?
• come again
• come a gutser
• come along
• come along for the ride
• come a long way
• come apart
• come apart at the seams
• come around
• come around to
• come around to something
• come at a price
• come back down to earth
• come back down to earth with a bang
• come back down to earth with a bump
• come back down to earth with a jolt
• come back from the dead