push : Idioms & Phrases

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bell push

  • noun a button that is pushed to ring a bell
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Hard pushed, Hard run

  • greatly pressed; as, he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. Colloq.
Webster 1913

push around

  • verb be bossy towards
    bully; ballyrag; bullyrag; hector; boss around; strong-arm; browbeat.
    • Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
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push aside

  • verb push out of the way
    push aside.
  • verb bar from attention or consideration
    dismiss; brush aside; brush off; ignore; discount; disregard.
    • She dismissed his advances
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push away

  • verb push out of the way
    push aside.
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push back

  • noun the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
    rollback.
  • verb cause to move back by force or influence
    repulse; beat back; repel; drive; force back.
    • repel the enemy
    • push back the urge to smoke
    • beat back the invaders
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push broom

  • noun a wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper
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push button

  • noun an electrical switch operated by pressing
    push; button.
    • the elevator was operated by push buttons
    • the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk
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push down

  • verb cause to come or go down
    down; knock down; pull down; cut down.
    • The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
    • The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
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push forward

  • verb push one's way
    thrust ahead; barge.
    • she barged into the meeting room
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push on

  • verb continue moving forward
    press on; plough on.
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push out

  • verb push to thrust outward
    obtrude; thrust out.
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push the envelope

  • Increase the capability of some type of machine or system; usu. by technological development.
Webster 1913

push through

  • verb break out
    erupt; come out; break through.
    • The tooth erupted and had to be extracted
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push up

  • verb push upward
  • verb push upward
    thrust.
    • The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air
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push-bike

  • noun a bicycle that must be pedaled
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push-button radio

  • noun a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons
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push-down list

  • noun a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
    stack; push-down list.
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push-down queue

  • noun a queue in which the last item to go in is the first item to come out (LIFO)
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push-down stack

  • noun a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
    stack; push-down list.
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push-down storage

  • noun a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
    push-down storage; stack.
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push-down store

  • noun a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
    push-down storage; stack.
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To push down

  • to overthrow by pushing or impulse.
Webster 1913

To push on

  • to drive or urge forward; to hasten.
Webster 1913