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push back
verb as in dismiss
Strong matches
verb as in rebuff
Strongest matches
verb as in repel
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The "Real Time" host used his "new rule" segment on Friday to push back against the idea that you should excise Republicans from your life in the wake of the election.
Google pushed back, calling the request an “unprecedented government overreach” that would harm consumers and U.S. tech leadership.
The swift sinking of former Rep. Matt Gaetz as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general showed Thursday that Republicans are still capable of finding fault with Trump’s choices, and even pushing back.
But the president pushed back on the notion that Mexico was not ready to deal with large-scale expulsions.
Kyiv argued that in order to push back the Russian air strikes, it needed longer-range missiles, including Storm Shadow.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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