单词 | beat back |
释义 | beat backSEE SYNONYMS FOR beat back ON THESAURUS.COM 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] Words nearby beat backbeat a dead horse, beat all, beat a path to someone's door, beat a retreat, beat around the bush, beat back, beatbox, beatboxing, beat down, beaten, beaten biscuit 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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