beat back

:  to strike repeatedly:

:  to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain

:  to walk on :  tread

:  a single stroke or blow especially in a series

:  pulsation, tick

:  a sound produced by or as if by beating (see ¹beat)

:  being in a state of exhaustion :  exhausted

:  sapped of resolution or morale

:  of, relating to, or being beatniks

:  beatnik

:  the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine

:  the body considered as the wearer of clothes

:  capacity for labor, effort, or endurance

:  to, toward, or at the rear

:  in or into the past :  backward in time

:  ago

:  being at or in the back

:  distant from a central or main area

:  articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage :  formed deep within the mouth

:  to support by material or moral assistance

:  substantiate

:  to assume financial responsibility for