beat back

verb

beat back; beaten back or beat back; beating back; beats back

: to force (someone) to go back or to retreat by fighting

Our troops were beaten back by enemy forces.

Police used batons to beat the protesters back.

Examples of beat back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Especially because Quigley’s district contains the lakefront liberal voters who backed Johnson over Paul Vallas in the 2023 runoff election, when the latter struggled to beat back attacks of being a closet conservative. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

In the Democratic primary, Platner, 41, beat back Maine’s governor, Janet Mills, who is 78. — Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

The Watermelon Margarita – a predictable favorite to beat back the Vegas heat – uses an award-winning tequila from Herradura. — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Videos showed police beating back agitators with batons and deploying anti-riot ordnance as the demonstrators chanted against the country's conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a massive political rally. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

Rhymes for beat back

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback