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push back

NOUN
  1. the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
VERB
  1. 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
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