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push back

push back


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. reschedule something for later: to set the time at which something is to happen to a later time
agreed to push back the deadline by 10 days

2. force aggressors to move back: to force an aggressive group of people to retreat
Police pushed back protesters amid a hail of rocks and bottles.

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