repousser
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Meanings
Verb
1. to push back, push out of the way
2. to repel, drive back, repulse
3. to ward off, turn away
4. to turn down, dismiss, reject, rule out
5. to push back (into place)
6. to put off, defer, put back, postpone
7. to repulse, repel (of something disgusting)
8. to (hand-)emboss
Examples41
I try to connect with you who constantly turns me away
You can't put off doing that any longer.
Our team fought off all the others.
Our team fought off all the others.
He got brushed aside.
There is nothing for it but to put off our departure.