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Definition push in British English

push verb

verb
/pʊʃ/
1

to move someone or something away from you, or from their previous position, using part of your body, especially your hands

Example

Push as hard as you can.

Example

She gently pushed him away.

Example

He was pushing a trolley around the supermarket.

Example

He pushed at a door in the courtyard.

Example

Rebecca pushed her handkerchief into her pocket.

Example

The table had been pushed against the wall.

Example

I pushed open the door with my foot.

Synonyms and related words
push shove heave
2

to press a button on a machine

Example

To turn on the television, you push this switch.

Synonyms and related words
press squeeze depress
3

to move past or through a group of people or things by using a part of your body to move them away from you

Example

Stop pushing and just wait your turn.

Example

Pushing to the front of the queue, he managed to get the last tickets.

Example

He just pushed past Fred and left.

Example

I was pushing my way through the crowd.

Example

People were pushing and shoving, trying to get to the best seats first.

Synonyms and related words
cross cut across push
4

to try to make people buy a product or accept an idea

Example

He saw the interview as an opportunity to push his latest film.

Synonyms and related words
pitch drum up woo persuade win over woo
6

to make something reach a particular level or standard

Example

The Bank of England had pushed up interest rates sharply to protect the pound from speculators.

Example

The strong sunshine had pushed temperatures into the nineties.

Synonyms and related words
reach come come to
7

to encourage or force someone in a determined way to do something they do not want to do

Example

The United States pushed NATO to authorize military intervention.

Example

The police pushed her into giving evidence.

Synonyms and related words
encourage persuade convince shanghai nag force
7.1

to force someone to make a great effort, especially at school or in their career

Example

A lot of parents push their children, but my dad only ever encourages and supports me.

Synonyms and related words
work drive push
8

to make someone impatient or annoyed by behaving in an unreasonable way

Example

If you push him too far, he'll resign.

Synonyms and related words
annoy provoke anger
9

if an army pushes into, through, or across a country or area, it moves further into, through, or across it, using force

Example

Government troops pushed into the northern sector.

Synonyms and related words
action stations active duty active service
Definition push in British English

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