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push verb [ pʊʃ ]

• exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.
• "she pushed her glass towards him"
Similar: shove, thrust, propel, impel, send, press, drive, plunge, stick, force, shoot, ram, bump, knock, strike, hit, jolt, butt, prod, poke, nudge, elbow, shoulder, bulldoze, sweep, jostle, bundle, hustle, hurry, rush, manhandle,
Opposite: pull,
• move forward by using force to pass people or cause them to move aside.
• "she pushed her way through the crowded streets"
Similar: force (one's way), shove, thrust, squeeze, jostle, elbow, shoulder, thread, wind, work, inch,
• compel or urge (someone) to do something, especially to work hard.
• "she believed he was pushing their daughter too hard"
Similar: urge, press, pressure, put pressure on, pressurize, force, drive, impel, coerce, nag, lean on, prevail on, dragoon into, steamroller into, browbeat into, use strong-arm tactics on, put the heat on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm, railroad into, bulldoze into, assertive, thrusting, pushy, ambitious, aggressive, forceful, forward, obtrusive, bold, brash, bumptious, arrogant, officious, bossy, presumptuous, full of oneself, self-assertive, over-assertive, overbearing, domineering, confident, overconfident, cocksure, loud, obnoxious, offensive, cocky, pushful,
Opposite: retiring,
• promote the use, sale, or acceptance of.
• "the company has been pushing a document management system"
Similar: advertise, publicize, promote, give publicity to, beat/bang the drum for, popularize, sell, market, merchandise, plug, give a plug to, hype, hype up, give a puff to, puff, puff up, boost, flog, ballyhoo, flack, huckster,
• prepare (a stack) to receive a piece of data on the top.
• develop (a film) so as to compensate for deliberate underexposure.
• "some films can be pushed during processing"

push noun

• an act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.
• "he closed the door with a push"
Similar: shove, thrust, ram, bump, knock, hit, jolt, butt, prod, poke, elbow, nudge, shoulder, jostle,
• a vigorous effort to do or obtain something.
• "many clubs are joining in the fund-raising push"
Origin: Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pousser, from Latin pulsare ‘to push, beat, pulse’ (see pulse1). The early sense was ‘exert force on’, giving rise later to ‘make a strenuous effort, endeavour’.

at a push

• if absolutely necessary; only with a certain degree of difficulty.
"there's room for four people, or five at a push"

get the push

• be dismissed from a job.
"four PR people at head office are getting the push"

give someone the push

• dismiss someone from a job.
"it's hard to psych yourself up to get another job after you've been given the push"

push at an open door

• have no difficulty in accomplishing a task.
"if the management were to tackle this issue, it might find that it was pushing at an open door"

push one's luck

• take a risk on the assumption that one will continue to be successful or in favour.
"he had pushed his luck too far, and his smuggling was discovered"

when push comes to shove

• when one must commit oneself to an action or decision.
"when push came to shove, I always stood up for him"

push ahead

• proceed with or continue a course of action.
"he promised to push ahead with economic reform"

push along

• go away; depart.
"I suppose we'd better push along"

push around

• treat someone roughly or inconsiderately.
"he was annoyed by their arrogance in thinking they could push him around whenever they wished"

push back

• postpone or delay an event.
"the show's start time has been pushed back 10 minutes"

push for

• demand something persistently.
"the council continued to push for the better management of water resources"

push in

• go in front of people who are already queuing.
"they scowled at him because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue"

push off

• use an oar, boathook, etc. to exert pressure so as to move a boat out from shore or away from another vessel.
"we pushed off and rowed out into midstream"

push on

• continue on a journey.
"the light was already fading, but she pushed on"

push through

• get a proposed measure completed or accepted quickly.
"the government is trying to push through a package of measures to combat organized crime"

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