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beat back
Idioms and Phrases
Force to retreat or withdraw, as in His findings beat back all their arguments to the contrary . This phrase was often used in a military context (and still is), as in Their armies were beaten back . [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
D’Aguilar thinks maybe the large rocks and cement surrounding a part of her property helped beat back the fire, but who knows.
Legal experts said subtle modifications to some of the orders reflected attempts by the Trump administration to beat back legal challenges preemptively.
That’s despite the fact that firefighters were unable to beat back flames in the area, leaving the fire to rampage through unchecked, he said.
Crowley on Friday contradicted that narrative, drawing a connection between reductions to her department’s operations and the struggle to beat back the wildfires.
As he beat back the flames threatening his home, he was grateful it was still standing.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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