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verb (used with object)
1.
to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
2.
to move (something) in a specified way by exerting force; shove; drive: to push something aside; to push the door open.
3.
to effect or accomplish by thrusting obstacles aside: to push one's way through the crowd.
4.
to cause to extend or project; thrust.
5.
EXPANDto press or urge to some action or course: His mother pushed him to get a job.
6.
to press (an action, proposal, etc.) with energy and insistence: to push a bill through Congress.
7.
to carry (an action or thing) toward a conclusion or extreme: She pushed the project to completion.
8.
to press the adoption, use, sale, etc., of: to push inferior merchandise on customers.
9.
to press or bear hard upon, as in dealings with someone: The prosecutor pushed him for an answer.
10.
to put into difficulties because of the lack of something specified (usually followed by for): to be pushed for time.
11.
Slang. to peddle (illicit drugs).
12.
Informal. to be approaching a specific age, speed, or the like: The maestro is pushing ninety-two.
13.
COLLAPSEPhotography. to modify (film processing) to compensate for underexposure.
verb (used without object)
14.
to exert a thrusting force upon something.
15.
to use steady force in moving a thing away; shove.
16.
to make one's way with effort or persistence, as against difficulty or opposition.
17.
to extend or project; thrust: The point of land pushed far out into the sea.
18.
EXPANDto put forth vigorous or persistent efforts.
19.
Slang. to sell illicit drugs.
20.
COLLAPSEto move on being pushed: a swinging door that pushes easily.
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noun
Verb phrases21.
the act of pushing; a shove or thrust.
22.
a contrivance or part to be pushed in order to operate a mechanism.
23.
a vigorous onset or effort.
24.
a determined advance against opposition, obstacles, etc.
25.
EXPANDa vigorous and determined military attack or campaign: The big push began in April.
26.
the pressure of circumstances, activities, etc.
27.
Informal. persevering energy; enterprise.
28.
Informal. a crowd or company of people.
29.
British. dismissal from a job; sack.
30.
COLLAPSEAustralian Slang. a gang of hoodlums.
31.
push around, to treat contemptuously and unfairly; bully: She's not the kind of person who can be pushed around.
32.
push off, Informal. to go away; depart: We stopped at Denver for the night and were ready to push off again the following morning.
33.
Idiomspush on, to press forward; continue; proceed: The pioneers, despite overwhelming obstacles, pushed on across the plains.
34.
push one's luck. luck (def. 12).
35.
when/if push comes to shove, when or if matters are ultimately confronted or resolved; when or if a problem must be faced; in a crucial situation: If push comes to shove, the government will impose quotas on imports.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English pushen, poshen, posson (v.) < Middle French pousser, Old French po(u)lser < Latin pulsāre. See pulsate
1250–1300; Middle English pushen, poshen, posson (v.) < Middle French pousser, Old French po(u)lser < Latin pulsāre. See pulsate
Related forms
out·push, verb (used with object)
un·pushed, adjective
Synonyms
3. shoulder. 5. persuade, impel.
3. shoulder. 5. persuade, impel.
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Word Origin & History
push
c.1300, from O.Fr. poulser, from L. pulsare "to beat, strike, push," frequentative of pellere (pp. pulsus) "to push, drive, beat" (see pulse (1)). The noun is first recorded 1570. Meaning "approach a certain age" is from 1937. Meaning "promote" (1714) led to pusher "peddler
EXPANDof illegal drugs," first recorded 1935 in prison slang (earlier it meant "prostitute," 1923). Pushy "forward, aggressive" first recorded 1936. To push (someone) around is from 1923. Phrase push comes to shove is from 1958; to push (one's) luck is from 1911. To push the envelope in figurative sense is late 1980s. Push-up, the exercise, is from 1906; to push up daisies "be dead and buried" is from c.1860. Push-button (n.) is from 1898; adj. sense "characterized by the use of push-buttons" is from 1946.
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