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To apply pressure against for the purpose of moving: push a shopping cart through the aisles of a market.
(verb-transitive)
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To move (an object) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove.
(verb-transitive)
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To force (one's way): We pushed our way through the crowd.
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To urge forward or urge insistently; pressure: push a child to study harder.
(verb-transitive)
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To bear hard upon; press.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.