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push back en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of pushback.
   alt of pushback

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
push backs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

push back en · VERB

Meanings

1. 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.
2. To postpone.
   • The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.
3. (qualifier:migration) 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[…] 2021 May 5, Lorenzo Tondo, “Revealed: 2,000 refugee deaths linked to illegal EU pushbacks”, in The Guardian:
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
pushing back	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
pushes back	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
pushed back	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
pushed back	Tense=Past		lexicographic