Push
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- To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
- To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- To continually attempt to promote (a point of view).
- Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.
- To promote a product with the intention of selling it.
- They're pushing that perfume again.
- There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.
- To approach; to come close to.
- My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
- He's pushing sixty. (= he's nearly sixty years old)
- To apply a force to an object such that it moves away from the person applying the force.
- You need to push quite hard to get this door open.
- To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.
- To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
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