pushed; pushing; pushes
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
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
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
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Synonyms
Examples of push in a Sentence
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
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
There’s a catch—that report was published in 2000, but Facebook’s (now Meta’s) push to offset iMessages’s lock on iPhones has not changed since.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
In July, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, renewed his legislative push to overhaul the law.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Winds push warm water from the eastern Pacific toward Asia, warming surface temperatures in the western Pacific.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
There’s a catch—that report was published in 2000, but Facebook’s (now Meta’s) push to offset iMessages’s lock on iPhones has not changed since.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
Kids are just as accommodating, or at least as flexible, with their push notification options.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
In July, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, renewed his legislative push to overhaul the law.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Push.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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push
1 of 2 verb1
: to press against with force in order to drive
2
: to force forward, downward, or outward
3
: to go or make go ahead
push the job to completion
4
: to press hard against so as to involve in difficulty
was pushed for time
5
: to engage in the sale of (illegal drugs)
push
2 of 2 noun1
: a strong advance against obstacles
2
: a sudden thrust : shove
3
: a steady applying of force in a direction away from the body from which it comes
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