PUSH
- try to move beyond or expand push one's limits
- to thrust or press against [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
- to exert force in order to cause motion away from the force [v PUSHED, PUSHES, PUSHING] : PUSHINGLY [adv]
- to press against with force in order to drive or impel
- move or endeavor to move away or ahead by steady pressure without striking
- thrust forward, downward, or outward
- cause to increase raise push prices to record levels
- hit (a ball) toward the right from a right-handed swing or toward the left from a left-handed swing compare pull
- press or urge forward to completion
- urge or press the advancement, adoption, or practice of pushed a bill in the legislature
- make aggressive efforts to sell we're pushing ham this week
- engage in the illicit sale of (narcotics)
- bear hard upon so as to involve in difficulty poverty pushed them to the breaking point
- approach in age or number grandmother must be pushing 75
- press against something with steady force in or as if in order to impel
- press forward energetically against opposition
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end pushing for higher wages