Push Back

Definition: Push Back

Push Back

Noun

1. The act of forcing the enemy to withdraw.

Verb

1. Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Push Back

Crosswords: Push Back

You Can't Push Back the River (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens [and] let the oppressed go free." And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

zbyth (repel). (various references)

Arabic 

‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏إحتوى (consist of, contain, govern, hold, smother, stem). (various references)

Bulgarian 

карам да се отдръпне, оттласквам (shake off, thrust aside), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, put off, rebuff, reject, repulse, resist, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off, ward), бутам назад, изтиквам назад. (various references)

Chinese 

搡 (push over). (various references)

Danish

trykke en togstamme tilbage (to push back a set of wagons, to set back a set of wagons). (various references)

Dutch

wagengroep terugzetten (to push back a set of wagons, to set back a set of wagons), een treindeel terugzetten (to push back a set of wagons, to set back a set of wagons). (various references)

French

repousser en arrière, réprimer, contenir. (various references)

German

zurückdrängen (force back, move back, repress). (various references)

Greek 

απωθώ (drive back, repel, repulse). (various references)

Hungarian

visszavet (put back, to put back, to set back, to throw back). (various references)

Italian

spingere una colonna di carri (to push back a set of wagons, to set back a set of wagons). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

押し戻す (to push back). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おしもどす (to push back). (various references)

Manx

seiy er ash (riposte). (various references)

Pig Latin

ushpay ackbay

Spanish

retroceder (back, back away, back up, fall back, flinch, give ground, go back, go backwards, move back, move backwards, recede, regress, retrogress, stand back, turn back, walk backward), rechazar (ban, beat back, beat off, defeat, deny, deprecate, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, discourage, dismiss, disown, drive back, fend, fend off, fight off, hand off, hold off, negative, overrule, Parry, pass up, press back, put aside, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, say no to, scout, set aside, Spike, spurn, stave off, stem, throw back, throw out, thrust aside, turn away, turn down, vote down, vote out, ward off, wave aside, wave away), hacer retroceder (set back, turn back), empujar hacia atrás, empujar (dig, drive, drive along, heave, hustle, intrigue, jog, jolt, jostle, move, nudge, poke, press, propel, push, push in, push on, push to, roll, sack, shove, thrust, urge, wheel), echar hacia atrás (throw back). (various references)

Ukrainian

відсувати (move back, move off, push aside), відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, rebut, reject, reprobate, repudiate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: backups, chabuks, hubcaps.

-2 letters: backup, chabuk, hubcap.

-3 letters: backs, bucks, caphs, chaps, chubs, habus, hacks, hucks, kaphs, packs, pucka, pucks, sauch, scaup, scuba, shack, shuck, subah.

-4 letters: auks, bach, back, baps, bash, bask, buck, bush, busk, cabs, caph, caps, cash, cask, chap, chub, cubs, cups, cusk, cusp, habu, hack, haps, hasp, hubs, huck, husk.

+1 letter: humpbacks.