push back

verb3

1. •
   To postpone.

   • The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.
2. •
   To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.

   • The scandal is growing legs. We need to start pushing back.
3. •
   To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.

   • EU member states have used illegal operations to push back at least 40,000 asylum seekers from Europe’s borders during the pandemic[…] — 2021