Synonyms for push back
push back

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1. rollback, push backverb

   the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

   Synonyms:
   rollback

2. repel, 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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1. Maxine Waters:

   If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.

2. Thomas Abt:

   Over time, there can be cynicism, both among the community members and among the cops themselves about the solvability of these crimes, it’s very important that we try to push back on that cynicism as much as possible.

3. Melanie Campbell:

   We believe this is a state of emergency, because we don't have a strong voting Voting Rights act to push back on some of this, then we are looking at regression... and with African Americans, we have always had to have federal intervention.

4. Jake Sullivan:

   If in fact an American journalist was killed, it is a shocking and horrifying event, it is one more example of the brutality of Vladimir Putin and his forces. They’ve targeted schools and mosques and hospitals and journalists. And it is why we are working so hard to impose severe consequences on him and to try to help the Ukrainians with every form of military assistance we can muster to be able to push back against the onslaught of these Russian forces.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   This administration has taken enormous efforts to push back on Russia that have not been done in an awfully long time either here in the United States or frankly from our partners who are even more threatened by Russia than we are in Europe and elsewhere.