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Synonyms for beat off
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : beet |
Phonetic Transcription : bit |
Top 10 synonyms for beat off Other synonyms for the word beat off
- avert
- avoid
- banish
- battle
- beat back
- beat off
- block
- bottle up
- break it up
- break up
- brush off
- buck
- bulwark
- bust up
- cancel
- care for
- cast aside
- check
- cherish
- conserve
- contain
- control
- cool
- cover
- cross
- crumble
- curb
- cut
- decline
- defeat
- deflect
- deploy
- deter
- disallow
- disband
- discourage
- disintegrate
- disown
- dispute
- distribute
- divert
- drive away
- drive back
- drive off
- duel
- eject
- eliminate
- entrench
- espouse
- expel
- fend
- fend off
- fight
- fight for
- fight off
- foil
- force back
- force off
- forestall
- fortify
- foster
- frustrate
- garrison
- give cold shoulder to
- guard
- guard against
- halt
- heave-ho
- hedge
- hold
- hold at bay
- hold back
- hold off
- house
- ignore
- insure
- interrupt
- keep at a distance
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- keep off
- keep safe
- kick
- kick in the teeth
- knock down
- lash out at
- look after
- maintain
- mine
- neglect
- nix
- not hear of
- nourish
- obviate
- oppose
- oust
- overthrow
- panoply
- parry
- pass up
- preclude
- preserve
- prevent
- provide sanctuary
- push back
- put down
- put in one's place
- put off
- put to flight
- put up fight
- rebuff
- rebuke
- rebut
- refuse
- reject
- repel
- repel danger
- reply
- repress
- reprove
- repudiate
- repulse
- resist
- resolve
- restrain
- retain
- retaliate
- rout
- rule out
- safeguard
- save
- scatter
- scramble
- screen
- secure
- send away
- set back
- shelter
- shield
- slight
- snub
- split up
- spurn
- stand up against
- stave off
- stop
- stymie
- sustain
- take in
- tell off
- throw back
- thwart
- traverse
- turn
- turn aside
- turn away
- turn down
- uphold
- war
- ward off
- watch
- watch over
- withstand
Définition of beat off
Origin :- c.1300, "a beating, whipping; the beating of a drum," from beat (v.). As "throb of the heart" from 1755. Meaning "regular route travelled by someone" is attested from 1731, also "a track made by animals" (1736), from the sense of the "beat" of the feet on the ground (late Old English), or perhaps that in beat the bushes to flush game (c.1400), or beat the bounds (1560s). Extended to journalism by 1875. Musical sense is by 1842, perhaps from the motion of the conductor and the notion of "beating the time":
- It is usual, in beating the time of a piece of music, to mark or signalize the commencement of every measure by a downward movement or beat of the hand, or of any other article that may be used for the purpose .... ["Godfrey Weber's General Music Teacher," 1842]
- Earlier in music it meant a sort of grace note:
- BEAT, in music, a transient grace note, struck immediately before the note it is intended to ornament. The beat always lies half a note beneath its principal, and should be heard so closely upon it, that they may almost seem to be struck together. ["The British Encyclopedia," London, 1809]
- As in rebuff : verb turn away; give the cold shoulder
- As in repel : verb push away; repulse
- As in repulse : verb push away
- As in ward/ward off : verb defend, guard
- As in fight back : verb defend
- As in defend : verb protect
- As in dispel : verb drive away thought, belief
- As in fend off : verb keep at bay
- As in fight back/fight off : verb defend oneself
Antonyms for beat off
- abandon
- accept
- accumulate
- acknowledge
- admit
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- attack
- attract
- collect
- compliment
- deny
- desert
- discourage
- draw
- enchant
- endanger
- forget
- forsake
- garner
- gather
- give in
- give up
- go along
- grant
- harm
- help
- hold
- hug
- hurt
- ignore
- include
- increase
- injure
- keep
- lay bare
- leave
- let go
- let in
- lose
- make peace
- make vulnerable
- neglect
- note
- OK
- open
- pay attention
- permit
- please
- praise
- quit
- recall
- regard
- release
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- reveal
- sanction
- soothe
- squander
- support
- surrender
- take in
- uncover
- want
- waste
- welcome
- yield
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