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

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

: a driving impact or force

: 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

: to or at an angle off the vertical

: 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