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push

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verb

ˈpu̇sh How to pronounce push (audio)
pushed; pushing; pushes

transitive verb

1
a
: to press against with force in order to drive or impel
b
: to move or endeavor to move away or ahead by steady pressure without striking
2
a
: to thrust forward, downward, or outward
b
: to cause to increase : raise
push prices to record levels
c
: to try to move beyond or expand
push one's limits
d
: to hit (a ball) toward the right from a right-handed swing or toward the left from a left-handed swing compare pull
3
a
: to press or urge forward to completion
b
: to urge or press the advancement, adoption, or practice of
pushed a bill in the legislature
especially : to make aggressive efforts to sell
we're pushing ham this week
c
: to engage in the illicit sale of (narcotics)
4
: to bear hard upon so as to involve in difficulty
poverty pushed them to the breaking point
5
: to approach in age or number
grandmother must be pushing 75

intransitive verb

1
: to press against something with steady force in or as if in order to impel
2
: to press forward energetically against opposition
3
: to exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end
pushing for higher wages

push

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noun

1
: a vigorous effort to attain an end : drive:
a
: a military assault or offensive
b
: an advance that overcomes obstacles
c
: a campaign to promote a product
2
: a time for action : emergency
3
a
: an act of pushing : shove
b(1)
: a physical force steadily applied in a direction away from the body exerting it
(2)
: a nonphysical pressure : influence, urge
c
: vigorous enterprise or energy
4
a
: an exertion of influence to promote another's interests
b
: stimulation to activity : impetus

PUSH

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abbreviation

ˈpu̇sh How to pronounce PUSH (audio)
People United to Serve Humanity
Phrases
push one's luck
: to take an increasing risk
push comes to shove
: a decisive moment comes
backed down when push came to shove

Synonyms

Verb

Noun

Example Sentences

Verb Do you want to push the shopping cart? He slowly pushed the door open. She pushed back her chair and stood up. She pushed him aside and marched into the boss's office. He pushed her out of the way. He pushed me into the table. He was pushed off the sidewalk into the street. She pushed her wet hair back from her face. The bulldozer pushed the rubble over the edge of the pit. No matter how hard I pushed, I couldn't move the boulder. Noun an unprecedented push to pass stronger gun control measures See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
President Franklin Roosevelt, during World War II, wanted to push the top marginal income-tax rate all the way to 100 percent, formally imposing a maximum wage. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2022 The push-and-pull on offense will carry on throughout the season. Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Sep. 2022 But a team that struggles with quick game, the way the Colts have, never forces an opposing offensive coordinator to push the ball down the field. The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022 Some analysts expect high natural-gas and electricity prices will help push more consumers toward rooftop solar. Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2022 Popular streamers like Imane Anys, who streams under the handle Pokimane, began to discuss a strike to push Twitch to ban gambling from its platform. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2022 By 2050, the barrier could be closed between one and two times a day as tides push the water levels higher than the current threshold, according to the report. Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2022 But many Black and liberal lawmakers are still hoping that future Congresses can push more accountability measures. Marianna Sotomayor And Leigh Ann Caldwell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Sep. 2022 Unlike then, the Kremlin’s military hold over these statelets in Ukraine’s Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions is more tenuous, with Ukraine in the midst of an ongoing offensive to push Russian troops out of more areas of the country. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
Noun
The power tower supports vertical knee raises, push-ups, dips, and pull-ups. Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2022 Missing curfew means getting a wake-up call of push-ups and squats. Andrea Stanley, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2022 The paratroopers lined up the recruits — mostly older men with beer bellies, or scrawny teens — and cajoled the Iraqis through a battery of jumping jacks, push-ups, and crunches. Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022 A typical morning might include push-ups, sit-ups and jumping jacks, plus curls and shoulder and chest presses. Jen Murphy, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022 Heidi begins doing squats, while their son Gunner Stone, 4, starts jumping around before his dad encourages him to start doing push-ups. Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 The push-pull between fears about a recession and concerns about inflation is what is causing volatility in mortgage rates. Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022 The entire offense dropped and did push-ups after the theft and one play later (a Bailey Zappe incompletion thanks to fellow rookie Marcus Jones’s deflection), everyone was sent to the hills for some end-of-the-day conditioning. Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 Always active and in tip-top shape, Egan was doing finger-tip push-ups beyond his 80th birthday. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English possen, pusshen, probably from Old French pousser to exert pressure, from Latin pulsare, frequentative of pellere to drive, strike — more at felt

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

circa 1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of push was in the 13th century

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