What does beat back mean?

beat back means "cause to move back by force or influence".

What is another word for beat back?

Close synonyms include repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beat back a common word?

beat back is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

beat back — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
cause to move back by force or influence
“repel the enemy”
“push back the urge to smoke”
“beat back the invaders”
Synonymsrepel drive repulse force back push back
Broaderpush

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