Beat back
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To fight against and cause to recede. transitive
"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."
- 2 cause to move back by force or influence wordnet
Example
More examples"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."