"push back" meaning in All languages combined

See push back on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: push backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} push back (plural push backs)
  1. Alternative spelling of pushback Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pushback
    Sense id: en-push_back-en-noun-A1BzyEZ1

Verb [English]

Forms: pushes back [present, singular, third-person], pushing back [participle, present], pushed back [participle, past], pushed back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push back (third-person singular simple present pushes back, present participle pushing back, simple past and past participle pushed back)
  1. To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
    Sense id: en-push_back-en-verb-BX8X-A13
  2. To postpone.
    Sense id: en-push_back-en-verb-t9HXxcQ8
  3. (migration) To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
    Sense id: en-push_back-en-verb-~qk-hy-b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 11 2 69 2 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "back": 13 11 5 64 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 7 3 76 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 3 82 3
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.
    Sense id: en-push_back-en-verb-t9SB9kUg

Inflected forms

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