beat back
phrasal verb
beat back; beaten back or beat back; beating back; beats back
: to force (someone) to go back or to retreat by fighting
Our troops were beaten back by enemy forces.
Police used batons to beat the protesters back.
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Attempts to beat back the bad sides of such AI are ongoing and generally so far of limited success; see my analysis at the link here.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Senate Republicans beat back all of the Democratic amendments, and a bipartisan majority defeated Paul’s amendment.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
But the vaccine's power to beat back measles outbreaks starts to crumble when vaccination rates drop low enough.
—Alyson Hurt, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
Advertisement Legal experts said subtle modifications to some of the orders reflected attempts by the Trump administration to beat back legal challenges preemptively.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Senate Republicans beat back all of the Democratic amendments, and a bipartisan majority defeated Paul’s amendment.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
But the vaccine's power to beat back measles outbreaks starts to crumble when vaccination rates drop low enough.
—Alyson Hurt, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
Advertisement Legal experts said subtle modifications to some of the orders reflected attempts by the Trump administration to beat back legal challenges preemptively.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Beat back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20back. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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