push back
About 0.37 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Alternative spelling of pushback.
- verb To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
The scandal is growing legs. We need to start pushing back.
- verb To postpone.
The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.
- verb To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
- verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.
Similar words
rollback beat back drive repulse repel force back redargue controvert dispute counterargue
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