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

In April, Musk seemed to beat back concerns that Tesla was losing its EV edge by insisting autonomy and robotics would live at the center of Tesla’s mission. —Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024

His address was posted on X on the same day that footage circulated of Israeli soldiers briefly raising their flag in a Lebanese border village, fuelling Lebanese fears that Israel intends to occupy territory, not just attempt to beat back Hezbollah. —Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

Hospitals have beaten back efforts to restrict their aggressive billing. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024

Winter Is Coming Ukraine has beaten back waves of 400-600 Shaheds a month. —David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024