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pushback

[poosh-bak]

noun

  1. a mechanism that forces an object backward.

  2. opposition or resistance to a plan, action, statement, etc..

    The regulations got some pushback from farmers.

  3. the forcing of an enemy to withdraw.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pushback1

First recorded in 1940–45; push ( def. ) + back 2 ( def. )
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The host of CNN’s “Have I Got News for You” also said because of the political climate we’re in, instead of challenging us to learn or grow as a culture, TV executives are “canceling a lot of the shows that really focused on serious societal issues because there’s a pushback against those types of topics.”

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The president’s inching toward war has drawn fierce pushback from prominent members of his base, whose interpretation of his central campaign promise, “America first,” rejects direct U.S. military involvement in foreign wars.

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And you saw some pushback on that, certainly from the progressive judges at oral argument, pointing out that that's not actually what the law here says.

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Aaron Fontan, 24, said he also has participated in Black Lives Matter protests and felt familiar police pushback and militance this time around.

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We’re seeing the natural outcome of those policies: utter chaos followed by pushback from the judiciary.

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