Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beat back

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: beat- back
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fight against and cause to recede.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I couldn't expect people to understand how much their voices actually meant to me—how they had sustained my spirits and beat back whispering doubts on those late, solitary nights."
"But the Republican blockade in the Senate left Democrats without a clear path forward, and without a means to beat back the restrictive voting laws racing through Republican-led states."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

beats back (present, singular) beating back (participle, present) beaten back (participle, past)

Synonyms

repel drive repulse force back push back

Questions

What does beat back mean?: To fight against and cause to recede.

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