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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The choir leaned over him offering words of motivation, and rain doused the flames as Kirk Franklin marched up to a stage beating back smoke with an orange glow, like sunlight dissolving cloud cover. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 July 2024 The rules promise to beat back the deluge of fake reviews on e-commerce sites and social media. —

Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024 In the May primary, Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), another committee chair, beat back a challenger who criticized his support for Ukraine aid. —

Alec Dent, Washington Post, 24 June 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for beat back