push back (English, verb)
expansion: push back (third-person singular simple present pushes back, present participle pushing back, simple past and past participle pushed back)
Senses:
glosses: To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
glosses: To postpone.
qualifier: migration
glosses: To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 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