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RELATED WORDS : answer back back back and fill back and forth back away back brace back breaker back burner back channel back circle back country back door back down back end back entrance back exercise back fire back judge back matter back number back of beyond back off back out back pack back porch back room back saw back scratching back seat back stairs back street back talk back to back back tooth back up back way beat beat a retreat beat about beat around the bush beat down beat generation beat in beat it beat off beat out beat the drum beat up bounce back break one's back bring back buy back call back carry back ceding back choke back come back come back at coming back cut back date back die back double back draw back drive back drop back fall back fat back feed back fight back flanker back flash back force back from way back get back get back at give back go back go back on go back over hang back hark back hold back keep back kick back knock back lean back look back move back move back and forth pat on the back pay back paying back play back pull back push back put back rear back relation back roll back running back send back set back shrink back sink back sit back slide back slip back snap back stand back strike back take back talk back think back throw back thrust back toss back travel back and forth trim back turn back water back watteau back win back

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb beat back has 1 sense

• beat back(v = verb.contact) drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse - cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
is one way to force, push
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

THESAURUS

beat back

brush off, chase, chase away, chase off, cut, dismiss, drive away, drive back, fend off, hold off, keep off, pack off, push back, put back, rebuff, refuse, repel, repulse, send away, send off, send packing, snub, spurn, thrust back, turn back, ward off

ROGET THESAURUS

beat back

Defense

VB defend, forfend, fend, shield, screen, shroud, engarrison, fend round, fence, entrench, intrench, guard, guard against, take care of, bear harmless, fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back, hinder, parry, repel, propugn, put to flight, give a warm reception to, hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length, stand on the defensive, act on the defensive, show fight, maintain one's ground, stand one's ground, stand by, hold one's own, bear the brunt, stand the brunt, fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.

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