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.
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Beat back
Synonyms for "beat back" (33 found)
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drive awaydrive backfend offhold offkeep offpack offpush backput back
Verb(2 words)
force backpush back
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But the Republican blockade in the Senate left Democrats without a clear path forward, and without a means to beat back the restrictive voting laws racing through Republican-led states.
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