push back

s’opposer, contester

Exprimer son désaccord avec une idée, une exigence ou une affirmation.

En anglais simple : To say that you disagree with an idea, demand, or claim.

• Staff pushed back against the changes.
• Will you push back on these unfair demands?
• She is pushing back against claims that she lied.

Comment l'utiliser : push back against something (Residents pushed back against the proposed road.); push back on something (We should push back on that claim.)

Synonymes : object, resist, argue back

Contraires : agree

Expressions courantes : push back against, push back on

reporter, repousser

Prévoir quelque chose à une date ou une heure plus tardive que prévu.

En anglais simple : To arrange for something to happen later than planned.

• They pushed back the meeting.
• Can we push the deadline back by a day?
• The opening has been pushed back to June.

Comment l'utiliser : push something back to a time (They pushed the meeting back to Monday.); push something back by a period (We pushed the launch back by two weeks.)

Synonymes : postpone, delay, put off

Contraires : bring forward

Expressions courantes : push back something, push back deadlines

pousser en arrière

Faire reculer quelqu’un ou quelque chose en exerçant une pression.

En anglais simple : To move someone or something backward by pressing against them.

• Push back your chair.
• He pushed the door back with his shoulder.
• We pushed the table back to make more room.

Comment l'utiliser : push something back (Push the chair back against the wall.)

Synonymes : push backward

Contraires : pull forward

Expressions courantes : push back something, push back chairs

refouler des demandeurs d’asile

Renvoyer de force des personnes au-delà d’une frontière sans examiner correctement leurs demandes de protection.

En anglais simple : To force people seeking safety back across a border without properly considering their requests for protection.

• The guards pushed back the migrants.
• Authorities were accused of pushing asylum seekers back without hearing their claims.
• The report describes boats being pushed back at sea.

Comment l'utiliser : push someone back across a border (The guards pushed the refugees back across the border.)

Synonymes : forcibly return

Expressions courantes : push back migrants, push back refugees