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push back

verb
  1. To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation. · The scandal is growing legs. We need to start pushing back.
  2. To postpone. · The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.
  3. To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.
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Thanks to these massive collective efforts, the city managed to push back Day Zero.
The City That Almost Ran Dry, p. 1 · B2

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