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"Pushed back" does not mean moved back in time
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2012/02/25 - 8:25am
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"Pushed back" refers not to moved back in time, as if to an earlier time; it refers to something being moved back in abstract space.   In this scenario, whatever is pushed back will be encountered further along, such as a politician sooner meets those in the crowd or a line who push forward (to the front), and those who are pushed back he/she meets later.    

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2012/02/25 - 8:40pm
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It can also refer to time, but in that case I take it to mean pushed to a LATER time, not earlier.   "Sorry, I'm not going to make it; we'll have to push back our meeting."

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