push back

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push someone or something back (from someone or something)

to move or force someone or something back from someone or something. I quickly pushed her back from the edge. She almost fell over. There wasn't enough room, so we pushed back the furniture. Tony pushed Jane back from the edge.

See also: back, push

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And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion. John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address by Kennedy, John F. View in context And often the master, seized himself by the wonder of his subject, would push back the book in front of him, and with his hands clasped together over his heart, as though to still the beating, would talk of the mysteries of their religion. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context And how comfortable you feel afterward as you push back your chair, light a cigar, and beam round upon everybody. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context			pure as the driven snow pure luck purely and simply purge purge away purge from purge of purple prose purpose purr like a cat purse purse up pursuit push push about push about in push across push against push ahead push ahead of push along push around push aside push at push at an open door push back push buttons push down push down on push for push forward push in push into push luck push off push off on push on push out push out of push over push over the edge push past push the boat out push the envelope push the panic button push through push to push to the wall push too far push toward push up			push ahead push ahead push ahead of Push All General Doubleword Push All Registers push along push along push and pull stroke push and pull stroke push and pull stroke push and pull stroke Push and Release Push Application Server push around push around push around push around push around push around in push aside push aside push aside push at push at an open door push at an open door push at an open door push at an open door push at an open door push away push away push back Push Back Now Push ball push bar push bench Push bike Push bike push broom Push Broom Microwave Radiometer push button push button push button push button annunciator Push Button Box Push Button Controller Push Button Normally Closed Push Button Quick Release Push Button, Receive Bacon push buttons push buttons push buttons push buttons push buttons push buttons Push Channel Tire Pressure push client push development push down push down Push Down List push down on

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