| VERB | competition | drive back, repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff | force or drive back |
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| Meaning | Force or drive back. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff | |
| Broader | fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend | fight against or resist strongly |
| Spanish | repeler, repulsar | |
| Catalan | repel·lir | |
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