push back

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative spelling of pushback.

2. 2

   To refute or argue against a position or an accusation

   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.
3. 3

   To postpone.

   • The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.
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   1. 4

      To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of…

      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[…]
   2. 5

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.

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