NOUN
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
VERB
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cause to move back by force or influence
beat back the invaders
push back the urge to smoke
repel the enemy
How To Use push back In A Sentence
- In many cases, an overall decline in numerical score encompasses both positive and negative factors, including sustained efforts by journalists themselves to push back against a panoply of restrictions. Freedom of the press deteriorates globally
- You need to push back the wing backs to make them defend. Times, Sunday Times
- You need to push back the wing backs to make them defend. Times, Sunday Times
- Push back up, then step forward into another lunge with the left leg. The Sun
- To release the phone, push back the button near the top of the holder.
- You can tell that reality is slowly overtaking the initial narrative; it looks like certain lefty commenters no longer feel comfortable popping in to vent their spleens against Israel push back against DB. The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenwald and Gaza
- The new instruments should help push back that frontier of time and distance even further.
- Keeping the supply chain local is part of a new trend called onshoring, a push back against the offshoring and outsourcing that has sent jobs and manufacturing overseas, and gobbled up fossil fuels. ScrippsNews
- On the point of losing everything to the rebels, the king's triumphant emergence in the theater of war helps push back the enemy and offers a possibility of victory.
- push back the urge to smoke