push down

noun Aeronautics.

a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.

Also called pushover.

Origin:
1935–40; noun use of verb phrase push down

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push down
verb
cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" [syn: down]

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