what does force back mean?
FORCE BACK as VERB
- Meaning
- cause to move back by force or influence
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Usage Example(s)
- repel the enemy
- push back the urge to smoke
- beat back the invaders
Hypernyms(s) force back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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