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Synonyms for push back
push back
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Princeton's WordNet
rollback, push backverb
the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
Synonyms:
rollbackrepel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat backverb
cause to move back by force or influence
"repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
Synonyms:
tug, push, gross out, aim, force, rebuff, repel, drive, labour, revolt, take, repulse, motor, fight off, disgust, get, drive back, ride, labor, ram, beat back, snub, force back
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#246 | take | |
#737 | drive | |
#1022 | force | |
#1999 | motor | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2751 | aim | |
#2968 | ride | |
#3213 | ram | |
#3526 | labour | |
#3587 | push | |
#19292 | revolt | |
#20230 | tug | |
#28532 | disgust | |
#32770 | rollback | |
#42537 | repel | |
#58771 | snub | |
#85740 | repulse | |
#112741 | rebuff |
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What worries me a good bit, is how these despotic regimes are emboldened to push back against the United States, we need to send a strong message to our adversaries, and to this new axis of evil of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea that we are going to push back on them and we will not let them win.
That will allow us to help them build up their security capacity and to push back against efforts by ISIL to gain a foothold in that country.
We see no reason to push back against commercial payers or Medicaid programs that would move to prefer generic Truvada (for prevention), provided there are guard-rails that do not deny access to Descovy for those who need Descovy.
We made a couple mistakes. They obviously had a push back and scored on their chances in the third, i thought we did a pretty good job up until the third but it was n’t a full 60 minutes and that’s why we sit here with the loss.
If someone attacks you in your core business, you can run away or push back.
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