All beat back synonyms

verb beat back

• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• traverse — to pass or move over, along, or through.
• buck — A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
• cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
• dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
• duel — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
• parry — to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
• rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• disown — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• kick — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• brush off — If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
• turn down — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• beat off — to drive back; repel
• keep off — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• put to flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.