phrasal verb

• 1push something back, push back somethingPostpone or delay an event.

  More example sentences

  • ‘the show's start time has been pushed back 10 minutes’

• 2North American Disagree with or oppose an action or proposal.

  ‘it's important to push back and say that I'm the one who needs to manage the process’

  More example sentences

  • ‘the White House is pushing back against accusations of appearing to be weak’
  • ‘she's pushing back on that idea and thinks it would be better not to do that’

• 3(of a passenger aircraft) move backwards from a passenger terminal before taking off.

  More example sentences

  • ‘the nose gear of the plane failed just after the aircraft pushed back from the gate’