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to push the meeting

to push the meeting

1 3.2
Move a meeting to a later time or day
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : posponer la reunión
  • They decided to push the meeting to next week because several team members were unavailable.

Examples

  • We need to push the meeting to next week.

  • Let's push the meeting back an hour so everyone can attend.

  • Due to a scheduling conflict, we need to push the meeting to Friday afternoon.

  • Can we push the meeting to Friday?

  • We need to push the meeting to next week due to scheduling conflicts.

  • Can we push the meeting back by an hour to accommodate everyone's availability?

  • She decided to push the meeting to later in the day to give everyone more time.

Synonyms

to postpone
vsto push the meeting
234 3.4

To delay something until a later time because of a problem

moves a planned appointment later with no focus on the reason
to reschedule
vsto push the meeting
109 3.0

Move a planned event to a new time

moves a planned appointment specifically to a later time
to rebook
vsto push the meeting
2 3.2

To arrange a new reservation after a change or cancellation

moves a planned appointment later rather than creating a new reservation

How Delayed

to postpone
234 3.4
to push the meeting
1 3.2
to put off
113 2.9
to delay
562 1.4

Surface Forms

push the meeting infinitive
pushed the meeting past
pushed the meeting past participle
pushing the meeting present participle
pushes the meeting third person singular

Morphology

push + the + meeting

The meaning 'reschedule to a later time' is a metaphorical extension of 'push' (to move) applied to the scheduled event 'meeting', so a learner who knows both words can plausibly infer the idea of moving the meeting in time. However, 'push' does not inherently specify postponement (English often uses 'push back' for that sense), so understanding depends on collocational/pragmatic knowledge rather than pure compositionality.

Etymology

Push the meeting comes from the simple image of moving a time on a calendar, as if you push a meeting to a later day. That's why it now means 'to reschedule a meeting for a later time'.