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push English

Meaning push meaning

What does push mean?
Definitions in simple English

push

If you push something, you touch it with a force away from your body. You have to push that door quite hard before it will open. If you push this button, the machine will stop.

push

A push is the act of touching something with a force away from your body. My car won't move. Can you give me a push?

push

(= force) move with force He pushed the table into a corner press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action He pushed her to finish her doctorate (= advertize) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops (= pushing) the act of applying force in order to move something away he gave the door a hard push the pushing is good exercise press against forcefully without moving she pushed against the wall with all her strength (= tug, drive) strive and make an effort to reach a goal She tugged for years to make a decent living We have to push a little to make the deadline! She is driving away at her doctoral thesis approach a certain age or speed She is pushing fifty (= thrust) the force used in pushing the push of the water on the walls of the tank the thrust of the jet engines an effort to advance the army made a push toward the sea sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs) The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs move strenuously and with effort The crowd pushed forward make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby 'Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman (= push button, button) an electrical switch operated by pressing the elevator was operated by push buttons the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk (= energy) enterprising or ambitious drive Europeans often laugh at American energy (= crusade) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for The liberal party pushed for reforms She is crusading for women's rights The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate

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push · verb

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Simple sentences

In case of an emergency, push this button.
Push the button.
Push that button.
In case of fire, break the glass and push the red button.
Push the button, please.
You have only to push the button to open the bay window.
Did you push the button?
Please push the buzzer.
I don't know which button to push.
Can you push the door open?
I had to push my bicycle because I had a flat tire.
Don't push me very hard. It's dangerous.
It will be a push-button war of nuclear missiles.
Push the door open.
Don't pull it. Push it open.
I have push button phones.

Movie subtitles

Then the Mighty Irish push them out, until the Wops and the Jews take over.
Danny, I have been in your face the last two days, trying to get you to push me away.
Because? Evan wouldn't bend the rules to push it through council.
We don't need to push him any further.
That last little push has given us the baby's head, Vera.
You give me another push when you're ready.
We were best friends forever after that, he used to let me push him around in my doll's pram.
What. - I'm only asking because I understand most of what you do is paper pushing, so I-I don't understand why you can't push our paper to the top of the pile.
Whatever that obstacle is, you need to push through it.
But she'd have to push to make it work.
I beg you not to push this exile away.
I have succeeded, with the help of a mechanism I built, In constructing a life-like doll that can walk, dance and sing with the push of a few different buttons.
Don't push your luck.
Well, I must push along.
I understand most of what you do is paper pushing, so I-I don't understand why you can't push our paper to the top of the pile.
Why do you push?
Coleman, the settlers are willing to push on.
Push him out!
Push that over onto 27.
No push me!
Now push together.
You mean, push the bullet out or something?
I look. I see her name on the push-bell.
Push off.
Push this.
Push the button.
Now all together, push!
Why you push, huh?
No push, boy.
Push on to Paris!
That's not reason to push.
You know I'm a friend of hers, so don't push me around.
Push it up!
Push!
Don't push me, missus.
I'm not a bad sort, but if you push me, I push back.
Don't push!
Push back the skin before cutting it.

News and current affairs

Economists like Hyman Minsky, who tried to correct this, were largely ignored as Milton Friedman and others led the profession's push for free markets and minimal government intervention.
Another assist may come from America's recent move to tap its strategic petroleum reserves in an effort to push oil prices lower.
We should move beyond cynicism, however, in embracing the new Cologne Initiative, especially to push the G-7 countries to do all that needs to be done to make the Initiative successful.
First, investors might be telling themselves that in the worst-case scenario, the northern European countries will effectively push out the weaker countries, creating a super-euro.
The French government's new push to confront the country's economic plight matters not only to France, but to Europe and the world as well.
Those hoping for large deficit reductions will be sorely disappointed, as the economic slowdown will push down tax revenues and increase demands for unemployment insurance and other social benefits.
By doing so, they will push prices close to fundamentals today.
The rich will try to push such an agenda, but ultimately they will fail.
Without a fall in the dollar and the resulting rise in net exports, a higher saving rate and reduced consumer spending could push the US economy into a deep recession.
A big new push for growth is therefore vital.
This respite offers an ideal opportunity to push forward with reforms.
Perhaps the release of these two very different films will lead to a further push to bring great apes within the circle of beings with moral and legal rights.
Campaigners will push for tough and far-reaching policies, but strong resistance will continue from countries concerned about their economic vitality.
The genius of the Habsburg Empire's Prince Klemens von Metternich in framing a new international order after the Napoleonic Wars was that he did not push a defeated France into a corner.
But a return to high growth in developing countries requires that they resume their push into tradable goods and services.
In the past, this push was accommodated by the willingness of the US and a few other developed nations to run large trade deficits.
Although the EU does not have a strategic partnership with Brazil, it intends to push ahead with one as fast as possible.
In Liberia, the main push is to reduce imports of staples such as rice and tomatoes.
Rather than being welcomed as liberators, the US and UK are seen as new colonial occupiers, and the Iraqis are mobilizing to push the occupiers out.
As the intense US debate about President Barack Obama's proposed use of military force highlights, the attack-Syria push is not about upholding America's national interest.
If the saving rate continues to rise rapidly, it could push America's fragile economy into another downturn.
Moreover, measures have been implemented to push back, successfully, against terrorists.
How can we push through the reforms that will cut public spending to levels that we can afford and raise our ability to compete internationally?

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