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Beat Back Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is REPULSE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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99%7Exact Match!
noun

• an instance of driving away or warding off

verb

• force or drive back

• be repellent to; cause aversion in

• cause to move back by force or influence

95%9Exact Match!
verb

• cause to move back by force or influence

27%11 Accenting a weak beat instead of a strong beat
noun

• (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

• a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

• music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

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The Guardian Quick27 Dec 2019 Down 7
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