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beating back

beating back is the present participle and gerund of beat back.

Meaning of beat back

Verb

beat back (third-person singular simple present beats back, present participle beating back, simple past beat back, past participle beaten back or beat back)

  1. (transitive) To fight against and cause to recede.
    • 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.2020, Barack Obama, chapter 13, in A Promised Land, Crown

Questions about beating back

What is beating back the present participle and gerund of?
Beating back is the present participle and gerund of beat back.

Words near beating back in the dictionary

  1. beating about
  2. beating about the bush
  3. beating all
  4. beating around the bush
  5. beating as one
  6. beating back
  7. beating Banaghan
  8. beating down
  9. beating feet
  10. beating heart
  11. beating hearts

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