PUSH BACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does push back mean? 

• PUSH BACK (noun)
  The noun PUSH BACK has 1 sense:

1. the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

  Familiarity information: PUSH BACK used as a noun is very rare.

• PUSH BACK (verb)
  The verb PUSH BACK has 1 sense:

1. cause to move back by force or influence

  Familiarity information: PUSH BACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUSH BACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

push back; rollback

Hypernyms ("push back" is a kind of...):

offence; offense; offensive (the action of attacking an enemy)

Derivation:

push back (cause to move back by force or influence)

• PUSH BACK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to move back by force or influence

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

beat back; drive; force back; push back; repel; repulse

Context example:

beat back the invaders

Hypernyms (to "push back" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

Verb group:

drive (cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

push back (the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw)

 Context examples 

The two forces made him lay down his gum-brush with a sigh of resignation and push back his chair.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You can have what you want if you find a way to push back from your computer and venture out to find out what the world holds for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Then at last, very early in the morning, I heard them push back their chairs, and I knew that their game had at last come to an end.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Researchers say the latest findings push back against results from other studies that have hinted benefits increase with more running but might drop at very high levels.

(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)