brow beating

Japan's Cultural Code Wordsの「切っ掛け」、「攻め」(Putting on an Act)の項にあった表現を取り上げます。
The Japanese are unlikely to use the kikkake/seme strategy against a foreigner unless the person is in a power position, or unless the Japanese are confident that the foreigner is so commited to continuing the negotiations or relationship that he or she will accept the brow beating and give in to the Japanese demands, even if the person is not guilty of any misbehavior.
"brow beating" は実際に額を叩く訳ではなく、比喩的な表現だと思いますが、辞書で確認します。
・Urban Dictionary: to stare someone down,to check them out hard: Damn those girls over there keep brow beating us and they need to back off!
"brow beating" では上の辞書しか引っ掛かりませんでしたが、"browbeat" だとどんな辞書にも説明があります。
・Wiktionary: To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.: Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
・Vocabulary.com: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
To browbeat is to intimidate with language. Picture yourself in a police station. The cops are trying to get you to talk by using tough, even abusive, language. They are browbeating you.
When someone browbeats you, they're giving you a beating with their mouth and their mind. If your parents have to browbeat you into cleaning your room, they nag you, yell at you and they may even make fun of you and your bad cleaning habits. While the word brow means forehead, think that they're using their head, or brow, to beat you down. It's a figurative, rather than a literal, beating.