beat back
Example Sentences
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With relatively little fanfare, the walls went up as Italy’s attention was absorbed not in beating back the sea but in breaking the wave of the coronavirus contagion.
From New York Times
Surveillance video shows Grace entering a tunnel where officers were lined up as they tried to beat back the mob.
From Seattle Times
They successfully beat back the Russian troops, clearing three tree lines.
From New York Times
After her National Press Club address, Weingarten spoke with Capital & Main about her view that educational innovations can strengthen communities and civic culture to beat back the conservative campaign against public education.
From Salon
The redemption, or white supremacist, approach to retaking the South called for using your gun to beat back the perceived threat from Black people to the antebellum order.
From Scientific American
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
