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.
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He’s beaten back many of the MAGA enthusiasts who think that supporting Israel is throwing good money after bad.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
Warnock, a senator for the swing state of Georgia, was elected in the 2021 special election against former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and beat back Republican Herschel Walker in 2022 to keep his seat.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 1 June 2025
Our creative community has done its best to beat back the forces of blandness and turn this into a city that sees a blank space as an opportunity to add to the urban art gallery around us.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
Vector control officials have sought to beat back the scourge, galvanized by the unhappy residents and fear of spiking disease that’s starting to be realized.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
Warnock, a senator for the swing state of Georgia, was elected in the 2021 special election against former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and beat back Republican Herschel Walker in 2022 to keep his seat.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 1 June 2025
Our creative community has done its best to beat back the forces of blandness and turn this into a city that sees a blank space as an opportunity to add to the urban art gallery around us.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
Vector control officials have sought to beat back the scourge, galvanized by the unhappy residents and fear of spiking disease that’s starting to be realized.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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“Beat back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20back. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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