push back
phrasal verbpush back (on something) (especially North American English)
- to oppose or resist a plan, an idea or a change
- The company has tried to push back on the claim that it paid no taxes.
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push something back
- to make the time or date of a meeting, etc. later than originally planned
- The start of the game was pushed back from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.