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

Huston comments on House vote Kayla Dwyer Answering questions from reporters after the House vote, House Speaker Todd Huston beat back many of the Democrats' arguments. —Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025

Bad ideas can be beaten back at the ballot box, in the public square, and through the halls of Congress. —Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025

European leaders have long warned against rushing a peace deal, seeing their own future at stake in Ukraine's fight to beat back Russia, and insist on being consulted in peace efforts. —Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025

Pfizer wins bidding war for obesity drug startup US pharma giant Pfizer won a bidding war to acquire obesity drug developer Metsera, beating back an offer from Danish rival Novo Nordisk. —Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for beat back

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