beat back

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beat back

verb beats back · beating back · beat back · beaten back

transitive To fight against and cause to recede. 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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@misc{beat_back_2026,
  title = {beat back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beat%20back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}