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beats back

beats back is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 beats back

What is beats back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beats back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat back.

Words near beats back in the dictionary

  1. beats about
  2. beats about the bush
  3. beats all
  4. beats around the bush
  5. beats as one
  6. beats back
  7. beats Banaghan
  8. beats down
  9. beats feet
  10. beats into
  11. beats into a cocked hat

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