beats off

present tense third-person singular of beat off
as in repels
to drive back the defense managed to beat off those offensive players who were taking shots at the goalie

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Verb
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  • The pair are gifted grimoires at the age of 15, though Asta's is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent's spells.
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Verb
  • And Keenan Allen turns back the clock.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Law plays Jake Friedken, a hotshot restaurant owner whose life is thrown into chaos when his black sheep older brother, Vince (Jason Bateman), turns back up after years on the run.
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Verb
  • The Spaniard receives with his back to goal and turns away from Morato before being brought down.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And surely enough, the club’s focus soon turns away from their increasingly baffling cold case and onto a more pressing one.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Verna insists the souls of the dead live within the alien ship, but Mitsuki resists the lure.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Her lens resists finality; every image feels open-ended, as if the story could turn in any direction.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Beats off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beats%20off. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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