BEATEN OFF Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

beaten off

verb

variants or beat off

past participle of beat off

as in turned back

to drive back the defense managed to beat off those offensive players who were taking shots at the goalie

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Recent Examples of beaten off Happiness beat off competition from second place The Flaws, an absurdist comedy for ZDF that won the official competition at the same fest. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 June 2026 He regularly gets beat off the bounce by quicker players. — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP What To Know Obama beat off stiff competition from the likes of David Attenborough and Tom Hanks to win the Outstanding Narrator prize for his narration of the five-part Netflix series Our Oceans, which examines marine life across the world's oceans. — Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 Breathing problems which sent my heart beat off the charts. — David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaten off

Verb

Eventually, Guccione turned back on his stadium microphone and announced the run would count, leading to further boos.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
The proposal, which called for overhauling the judicial selection process and directly electing Supreme Court justices, was decisively turned back on Tuesday.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of turned back

Verb

New Zealanders must now be registered and have their addresses and other details updated in the system 13 days before election day, or they will be turned away from polling places.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
The coroner’s report said that Khalil died in the evening from cardiac arrest due to head trauma and severe bleeding, hours after paramedics initially entered the area and were turned away, said Human Rights Watch’s Lebanon Researcher Ramzi Kaiss.

— Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of turned away

Verb

Here, a source of primordial terror—the gaze that petrifies—is deflected by way of the highly polished shield that Perseus wields against the creature.

— Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
The north Londoners took the lead in the first half through £100million ($134m) summer signing Sandro Tonali, whose effort from outside the box deflected off Chelsea defender Levi Colwill and wrong-footed goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of deflected

Verb

Burbank locals have resisted growth in the past, said real estate consultant Chris Baer of Avison Young.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Maybe not While the AMA acknowledges that stigma affects clinician behavior and prescribing, the organization has long urged patience with the pace of reform and resisted efforts to mandate more rapid change.

— Brian Mann, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of resisted

Verb

The buildings —critical to the AI boom driving intense investment — have repelled voters due to their massive energy and water demand.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
In this family, Shigejiro seemed to be cloaked in a waterproof tarpaulin that repelled the currents of misfortune.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026