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Phrase(s): push something to
to close or nearly close something, such as a door. • The door is open a little. Please push it to. • Todd came in and pushed the door to., Phrase(s): push someone to something
to try to drive or force a person to do something. • After the bankruptcy the board pushed the president to resign. • We pushed her to reconsider, but her mind was made up.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs