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Definition of Beat back
1. Verb. Cause to move back by force or influence. "Beat back the invaders"
Related verbs: Drive
Generic synonyms: Force, Push
Derivative terms: Drive, Drive, Push Back, Repulsive, Repulse, Repulsion
Antonyms: Attract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beat Back
Literary usage of Beat back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Salt Lake City by Edward William Tullidge (1886)
"THE MAYOR APPEARS ON THE BALCONY AND GIVES THE ORDER TO HIS FORCE TO beat back
THE MOB, WHICH IS INSTANTLY DONE. THE SEQUEL. CANNON ELECTED BY A 20000 ..."
2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"To beat or bruise back ; to repel ; to beat back, sc. the edge ; and, cons, ...
to beat back. RE-VERDURE,* v. To flourish or wax green again.—Cot. 'Berners. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To REBUFF, (re-buf) va To beat back ; to oppose with sudden violence.
To REBUILD, (re-bild') va To re-edify ; to restore from demolition ; to repair. ..."
4. Arrian's History of Alexander's Expedition by Arrian, John Rooke, Jean Le Clerc (1729)
"... the Mountaineers, were beat back by the Barbarians, and many of them wounded;
even Alexander ..."
5. Arrian's History of Alexander's Expedition by Arrian, John Rooke (1729)
"... the Mountaineers, were beat back by the Barba-* rians, and many of them wounded;
even Alexander ..."
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