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Similar words: lash back · pull back · put back · prune back · bush baby · buy back · cashback · cut back · full back · gulp back
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push back

1 (v + adv) postpone TRANSITIVEcuir siar  c m ucuir ar athlá  c m uthe launch was pushed back until March cuireadh siar an seoladh go dtí mí an Mhárta 2 (v + adv) especially MIL cause to retreat TRANSITIVEbrúigh siar  c m ubrúigh ar aisthe Russians were pushed back cuireadh ar na Rúisigh cúlúthey were pushed back into their own territory brúdh ar ais ina dtailte féin iadwe were pushed back by snow b'éigean dúinn cúlú de bharr sneachta → see push

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • frontier »
    to push back the frontiers of technology teorainneacha na teicneolaíochta a bhrú amach
  • give »
    he gave me a push in the back thug sé sonc sa droim dom
  • push »
    to push sth/sb from your mind (also to push sth/sb to the back of your mind, to push sth/sb out of your mind) rud/duine a ruaigeadh as d'intinn, rud/duine a chur as do cheannhe tried to push it from his mind rinne sé iarracht é a chur as a cheann, rinne sé iarracht gan smaoineamh airother things pushed him out of her mind thug rudaí eile uirthi dearmad a dhéanamh de, chuir rudaí eile uirthi é a chur siar i gcúl a cinn
  • push »
    the roof can be pushed halfway back is féidir an díon a bhrú leath bealaigh ar ais
  • push »
    to push back the boundaries of science teorainneacha na heolaíochta a shárú
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