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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President Trump has spent the first major overseas trip of his second administration — next stop Wednesday in Qatar — beating back allegations that he was personally profiting from foreign leaders by accepting a $400-million luxury airliner from the gulf state’s royal family.
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
An international coalition beat back the Islamic State, dislodging its hold over its caliphate in 2019 and forcing it to lose its grip on its territory.
—Raghed Waked & Justin Salhani, The Dial, 25 Mar. 2025
In October, after successfully beating back a court challenge by Republicans, the Department of Homeland Security announced that existing beneficiaries of the humanitarian parole would not be able to renew the benefit after two years.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
The Committee to Protect Tips spent $2.5 million to beat back the question while supporters spent nearly $2 million including in-kind contributions.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
An international coalition beat back the Islamic State, dislodging its hold over its caliphate in 2019 and forcing it to lose its grip on its territory.
—Raghed Waked & Justin Salhani, The Dial, 25 Mar. 2025
In October, after successfully beating back a court challenge by Republicans, the Department of Homeland Security announced that existing beneficiaries of the humanitarian parole would not be able to renew the benefit after two years.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
The Committee to Protect Tips spent $2.5 million to beat back the question while supporters spent nearly $2 million including in-kind contributions.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Beat back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20back. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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