BEAT OFF Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

beat off

verb

Definition of beat off

as in to repel

to drive back the defense managed to beat off those offensive players who were taking shots at the goalie

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Recent Examples of beat off Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose gets a lot of notice for its athletics programs, but the Monarchs are proving to be the team to beat off the sports fields, too. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026 The dogs had driven the woman into the surf before a tourist came to her rescue, beating off the dingoes. — CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026 Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP What To Know Obama beat off stiff competition from the likes of David Attenborough and Tom Hanks to win the Outstanding Narrator prize for his narration of the five-part Netflix series Our Oceans, which examines marine life across the world's oceans. — Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 Breathing problems which sent my heart beat off the charts. — David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for beat off

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Verb

In April 2025, North Korea and Russia confirmed that their soldiers fought together to repel a Ukraine incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
The York features espresso feet and comes upholstered in the retailer’s contract-grade Performance Everyday Velvet, which promises to repel liquids and resist abrasions of daily life.

— Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of repel

Verb

Despite the financial pressures, Velez emphasized that Feeding South Florida is not turning away anyone who needs food assistance.

— Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
As a child in the 1960s, Allie Zemtseff saw how her mother, a Black woman, was turned away by landlords while apartment hunting in white neighborhoods.

— Adrian Florido, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of turn away

Verb

States and conservation groups have filed numerous lawsuits seeking to turn back the changes.

— Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Reinhart’s vintage Elie Saab moment comes at a time when several high-profile stars are turning back the clock and looking to the runway from the early aughts and ’90s for their red carpet and project promotional tour stints.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of turn back

Verb

The Chicago Teachers Union pushed to be part of the program anyway, arguing every dollar would help stave off potential layoffs or program cuts.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
They are banged up, which makes clinching the division and staving off the Atlanta Braves for a first-round bye paramount over the season’s final 12 games.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026