Usually means: Delay or resist something actively.
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  5. Push Back (song), Push Back: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. push back: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (push back)

verb:  To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
verb:  To postpone.
verb:  (migration) To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.
noun:  Alternative spelling of pushback [The act of repelling an enemy, etc.]

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