push
/pʊʃ/
verb16
noun14
forms
pushed · pusht · pushedst · pushing · pushes · pusheth · pushest
Phrases with push
- push-upSupporting the breasts to increase their apparent size.
- push aboutTo treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
- push against an open doorTo do something pointless or unnecessary; to try doing something already done.
- push alongTo depart.
- push aroundTo treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
- push asideTo ignore, reject or subdue (something).
- push awayTo apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position.
- push backTo postpone.
- push downTo force downwards (literally or figuratively).
- push inTo jump the queue, especially in a forceful manner.
- push itTo make an extraordinary or risky effort; to behave in a way which tests the limits; to take chances; to expect too much.
- push offTo go away; to get lost.
- push onTo persist, persevere.
- push one's luckTo take an excessive risk or to attempt some task unlikely to succeed, especially after having already been unexpectedly lucky.
- push one's wayto make one's way by pushing.
- push outTo extrude.
- push overTo push something such that it falls.
- push pastTo rudely force one's way in front of another.
- push the boat outTo do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.
- push the envelopeTo go beyond established limits; to pioneer.