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A vigorous or insistent effort toward an end; a drive: a push to democracy.
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Informal Persevering energy; enterprise.
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The act of pushing; thrust: gave the door a swift push.
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a vigorous effort to attain an end .
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idiom
Push up daisies Slang To be dead and buried: a cemetery of heroes pushing up daisies.
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When At a point when or if all else has been taken into account and matters must be confronted, one way or another: "We extol the virtues of motherhood and bestow praise on the self-sacrificing homemaker but when push comes to shove, we give her little recognition for what she does” ( Los Angeles Times).
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verb-transitive
Slang To promote or sell (a product): The author pushed her latest book by making appearances in bookstores.
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Slang To sell (a narcotic) illegally: push drugs.
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Sports To hit (a ball) in the direction toward the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.
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To apply pressure against for the purpose of moving: push a shopping cart through the aisles of a market.
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To bear hard upon; press.
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verb-intransitive
To advance despite difficulty or opposition; press forward.
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To exert outward pressure or force against something.
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To expend great or vigorous effort.
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verb
To press against with force in order to drive or impel.
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To move or endeavor to move away or ahead by steady pressure without striking.
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To thrust forward, downward, or outward.
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To cause to increase .
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To try to move beyond or expand .
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