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thrust back
thrust someone or something back
to push someone or something backward and away. Tom moved forward, but the guard thrust him back. He thrust back the door, which had closed on his foot.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Page | | PAYJ | English |
| Philomena | | fil-ə-MEEN-ə (English) | English, German, Late Greek |
| Margit | | - | Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian |
| Anne | | [æn] | |
| Batsheva | | - | Hebrew |
| Aleesha | | ə-LEE-shə | English (Rare) |