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push on 1. to continue doing something, especially when this is difficult • They are pushing on with their campaign for improved childcare facilities.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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push off GO 1. slang used to rudely tell someone to go away • He told me to push off.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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push sb about/around informal disapproving to tell someone what to do in a rude or threatening way • If you think you can push me around like that, you're mistaken.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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push sth up/down [ M ] to cause the amount, number or value of something to increase or be reduced • Rising demand tends to push prices up, and falling demand pushes them down. • The rise in interest rates has pushed up the value of my investments.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): push someone or something (away) (from someone or something) to move or force someone or something away from someone or something. • The police pushed the crowd away from the movie star. • They pushed away the hecklers from the stage.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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push sb out [ M ] to make someone leave a job or stop being involved in an activity by being unpleasant or unfair to them • I felt I was being pushed out of the job.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun shove: He gave her a push. verb propelled: She pushed a cart to the store.
Simple Definitions
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push (sth) forward [ M ] to continue doing something or making progress in something, with effort or enthusiasm • Their research has pushed forward the frontiers of knowledge. • An additional grant has enabled the team to push forward with research plans.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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push on 2. to continue travelling somewhere • "You've been driving for a long time - do you want to stop for a rest?" "No, we're nearly there - let's push on."
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun act of pushing ADJ. big, hard | gentle, little VERB + PUSH give sb/sth She gave him a gentle push towards the door. PHRASES at the push of a button The machine washes and dries at the push of a button. effort to do/obtain sth ADJ. big | final PREP. ~ against the final push against the enemy | ~ for There has been a big push for better public transport. | ~ towards a push towards organic food
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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push (sb) towards sth to try to do or achieve something, or to make someone more likely to do or achieve something • It is hoped that these measures will push the nation towards recovery. • [ + -ing verb ]: New employment laws are expected to push more women towards voting Labour.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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push to make something or someone move by pressing them with your hands, arms etc: • Push the door, don’t pull it. • She pushed him away and walked out. shove to push someone or something in a rough or careless way: • People were shoving to get to the front of the queue. • Tom shoved his suitcase under the bed. stuff informal to push something quickly and carelessly into a small space: • She stuffed a few clothes into a bag and left. poke to push someone or something with your finger or something sharp: • I poked the snake with a stick but it was dead. nudge to push someone beside you gently with your elbow to get their attention: • Toby nudged me and pointed out of the window. roll to push something round or something on wheels so that it moves forward: • They rolled the logs down the hill. • The car still didn’t start so we tried to roll it off the road. wheel to push something with wheels, for example a bicycle or a trolley , so that it moves forward, while guiding it with your hands: • Rob wheeled his bike round the back of the house.
Longman-Thesaurus
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push in to rudely join a line of people who are waiting for something, by moving in front of some of the people who are already there • I was waiting in the bus queue when two men pushed in in front of me.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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push sth aside [ M ] to decide to forget about or ignore something or someone • He claimed that he had been pushed aside (= not given a job) in favour of a younger person.
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push off IN WATER 2. to push against the side of a pool, lake or river in order to move your body or a boat away from the side • He pushed off from the side of the pool and swam slowly to the other side.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): push someone or something to someone or something to propel someone or something to or as far as someone or something. • Max pushed Lefty to the window and made him look out. • I pushed the chair to the window.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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push for sth to demand something repeatedly, or to take strong action to try to make it happen
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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push sth through [ M ] to cause a plan or suggestion to be officially accepted or put into use • We are trying to push this deal through as quickly as possible. • The president is trying to push through various tax reforms.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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push sb/sth over [ M ] to push someone or something so that they fall to the ground • Daddy, Matthew pushed me over.
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verb use force to move sb/sth away from you ADV. firmly, hard You'll have to push harder if you want it to move. | roughly, violently | gently | carefully | deliberately He was deliberately pushed into the path of the vehicle. | hastily, hurriedly, quickly | slowly | suddenly | just, merely, simply Jack flung himself at Steve, but he simply pushed him away. | aside, away, back, down, home, inside, over, together She leaned on the door and pushed the bolt home. They pushed the two desks together. VERB + PUSH try to | manage to | begin to PREP. across, against The fans pushed against the barrier. | at She pushed at the door but it wouldn't budge. | into, off, out of He pushed her roughly out of the door. | through, to The woman had been pushed violently to the ground. | towards, under She found a note pushed under the door. PHRASES push sth open/shut He managed to push the window open a few inches. move forward by pushing people ADV. roughly | blindly VERB + PUSH try to | begin to I began to push my way through the crowd. PREP. past She pushed blindly past him and made for the door. | through pushing through the crowd PHRASES push and shove People were pushing and shoving to get to the front. | push your way A man pushed his way to the front of the crowd. put pressure on sb/yourself ADV. hard Lucy should push herself a little harder. | too far Her parents are very tolerant, but sometimes she pushes them too far. | around Don't allow yourself to be pushed around by that bully. PREP. into Her parents pushed her into accepting the job. PHRASES push sb/yourself to the limit He felt he was being pushed to the limits of his self-control. PHRASAL VERBS push for sth ADV. hard They're pushing hard for a ban on GM foods. VERB + PUSH have to I'm going to have to push you for an answer.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary