Different cultures have different perspectives on time as a physical direction.
Some prefer down for earlier, others for later.
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If something approaches me & I want it further away, I push it back.
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Push the wedding pack another month. (Delay it, postpone)
or
Bring it forward a month to avoid Christmas. (sooner)
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Closer to you (now) or further from you (now).
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Maybe this helps you with teh interpretation, but in the end, languages and cultures have the associations that they have.