beat somebody off

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

beat sb off phrasal verb before or after object [ beaten sb off beaten sb off beats sb off beating sb off ]
to manage to defeat someone who is attacking you
• She beat off her attacker by hitting him with her handbag.
• figurative The company managed to beat off the competition and secure the contract.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Responding to an attack
Main entry: beat_{phrasal verb}