push back

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push back

noun push backs

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verb pushes back · pushing back · pushed back

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.
To postpone. The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.
To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement. EU member states have used illegal operations to push back at least 40,000 asylum seekers from Europe’s borders during the pandemic[…]
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.

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@misc{push_back_2026,
  title = {push back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/push%20back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}