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Pushing back a deadline

couple of hours to push something back it means to postpone an event make it later in this case give yourself more time but your boss isn't happy in fact you face some pushback...

Course: English at workSection: Advanced workplace expressionsSubtitles: en

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presentation a

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couple of hours

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to push something back

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it means to postpone an event

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make it later in this case give yourself

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more time

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but your boss

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isn't happy

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in fact you face some pushback for this

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idea

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if you put the word push back together

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to one word this is a noun and it means

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a negative reaction to something

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to face pushback get pushback receive

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pushback

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for an idea or a plan for example this

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expression is quite formal and businessy

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so

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maybe don't use this with friends it

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might sound weird have you ever

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suggested something in a work

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environment and faced pushback for it

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let me know in the comments

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push it back

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no no no that is out of the question we

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can't delay this anymore

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our beautiful and brilliant clients at

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suntory are actually arriving early so

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we need to bring it forward

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if push something back means make it

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later

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then bring it forward means

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exactly

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make it earlier also when something is

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out of

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