"push back" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "push backs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "pushback"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of pushback"
      ],
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        [
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          "pushback#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "push back"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pushes back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushing back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushed back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushed back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "push back (third-person singular simple present pushes back, present participle pushing back, simple past and past participle pushed back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The scandal is growing legs. We need to start pushing back.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation."
      ],
      "id": "en-push_back-en-verb-BX8X-A13",
      "links": [
        [
          "refute",
          "refute"
        ],
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To postpone."
      ],
      "id": "en-push_back-en-verb-t9HXxcQ8",
      "links": [
        [
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          "postpone"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 6 52 11",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 May 5, Lorenzo Tondo, “Revealed: 2,000 refugee deaths linked to illegal EU pushbacks”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "EU member states have used illegal operations to push back at least 40,000 asylum seekers from Europe’s borders during the pandemic[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "expel",
          "expel"
        ],
        [
          "asylum seekers",
          "asylum seeker"
        ],
        [
          "non-refoulement",
          "non-refoulement"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "migration",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(migration) To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement."
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back."
      ],
      "id": "en-push_back-en-verb-t9SB9kUg",
      "links": [
        [
          "push",
          "push#English"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "push back"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "push backs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "push back (plural push backs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "pushback"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of pushback"
      ],
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        [
          "pushback",
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        ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "push back"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pushes back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushing back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushed back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushed back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "push back (third-person singular simple present pushes back, present participle pushing back, simple past and past participle pushed back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The scandal is growing legs. We need to start pushing back.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refute",
          "refute"
        ],
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To postpone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "postpone",
          "postpone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 May 5, Lorenzo Tondo, “Revealed: 2,000 refugee deaths linked to illegal EU pushbacks”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "EU member states have used illegal operations to push back at least 40,000 asylum seekers from Europe’s borders during the pandemic[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expel",
          "expel"
        ],
        [
          "asylum seekers",
          "asylum seeker"
        ],
        [
          "non-refoulement",
          "non-refoulement"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "migration",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(migration) To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "push",
          "push#English"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "push back"
}