Definition of Push back

1. Noun. The act of forcing the enemy to withdraw.

Exact synonyms: Rollback
Generic synonyms: Offence, Offense, Offensive

2. Verb. Cause to move back by force or influence. "Beat back the invaders"
Exact synonyms: Beat Back, Drive, Force Back, Repel, Repulse
Related verbs: Drive
Generic synonyms: Force, Push
Derivative terms: Drive, Drive, Repulsive, Repulse, Repulsion
Antonyms: Attract

Definition of Push back

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pushback) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Push Back

push-down queue
push-down stack
push-down storage
push-down store
push-pull
push-pull amplifier
push-start
push-through
push-up
push-up bra
push-up bras
push-ups
push around
push aside
push away
push back (current term)
push backs
push broom
push brooms
push bunt
push bunts
push dagger
push down
push factor
push forward
push in
push off
push on
push one's luck

Literary usage of Push back

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is a brain function to push back almost the entire force of this accumulated impulse and permit only a little of it to enter into real action — ie, ..."

2. The Design of Mine Structures by Milo Smith Ketchum (1912)
"The coal may be dumped from the mint cars (a) by push back tipples, ... (a) Push Back Dump.—With a push back tipple the car is run to the tipple horns and ..."

3. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"... posed to push back the walls of the Tuileries, but the architect, out of patience with this jesting, interfered, and M. Chenavard, disappointed in his ..."

4. The Trespasser by David Herbert Lawrence (1912)
"'I can open the blue heaven with looking, and push back the doors of day a little, and see - God knows what 1 One of these days I shall slip through. ..."

5. A General Report on the Physiography of Maryland by Cleveland Abbe (1898)
"... was lowered and this stream began to push back its drainage basin. Beaver Dam creek also felt the effects of the revival, and would have done battle ..."

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