push it

idiom

informal

: to continue to do or to try to do something when one should stop

If your mom already said "no" two times, don't push it.

You've won a lot of money, but don't push it or you could lose it all.

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Bitcoin is close to a rally that could push it to a new record, but investors may have to wait a little longer as the race U.S. presidential race comes to an end. —

Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024 In some years, this can tug the comet’s stream of debris closer to Earth and in other years push it farther away. —

Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024 This versatile 3-in-1 lets 2-year-old push it as a wagon, ride on the seat, or master scooting. —

Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024 Some 1,400 Lebanese, including Hezbollah fighters and civilians, have been killed and some 1.2 million driven from their homes since Israel escalated its strikes in late September aiming to cripple Hezbollah and push it away from the countries' shared border. —

Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for push it