beat back

phrasal 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

But, a year later, science, education and civil rights organizations have beaten back some of the most significant policy changes in court, preserving billions in science funding. —Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026

However, its defenders quickly beat back those charges. —Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026

Lynch has easily beaten back Republican opponents over the past few decades, and his seat is considered reliably safe for Democrats, who are trying to take back the House from Republicans. —Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026

After beating back Luke and his forces and using the Golden Fleece to restore Thalia’s tree, and therefore the barrier surrounding camp, Thalia herself is freed from the tree. —Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for beat back

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