beat back

VERB

repel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chase away confront drive away drive off fend off hold off rebuff resist ward off withstand

STRONG

buck check cool cut decline dismiss disown dispute duel fight kick oppose parry rebut refuse reject traverse

WEAK

beat off brush off cast aside drive back force back force off give cold shoulder to hold back keep at arm's length keep at bay keep off knock down push back put down put to flight stand up against stave off turn down

Antonyms

STRONG

accept agree aid allow approve assist help increase sanction support

WEAK

attract draw

Example Sentences

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It’s long been economic orthodoxy that efforts to beat back inflation by the Federal Reserve would result in unemployment rising and the country sinking into recession.

From Washington Times

At its 2014 peak, it controlled a third of Iraq and Syria, before being beaten back.

From Reuters

Newsom handily beat back a Republican campaign to oust him from office in the deeply Democratic state.

From Reuters

Then there is the cost of financing, which has gotten considerably higher because of the Federal Reserve’s fight to beat back inflation.

From Washington Post

Ukraine beat back Russian forces from Kyiv last year before liberating swathes of the northeast and of the southern Kherson region.

From Reuters

beat back

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