push back

Questions about push back

What does push back mean?

push back means "the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for push back?

Close synonyms include rollback, repel, drive, repulse, force back. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is push back a common word?

push back is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.