to push
- verb
- /pʊʃ/
- But when you are constantly pushing for it, what does that mean?
- push students
- push people further
- push the boundaries
He's been openly pushing it at every turn.
- He's been openly pushing it at every turn.
- And I couldn't push you harder to do it.
- I'm like, OK, OK, like like you, you push me forward and that's you.
- If Donald Trump pushes for that, I think it'll happen.
- You will work hard, you will push yourself, you will persist.
- I mean, that's if you push too hard, right?
Examples
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Thank you for pushing me to achieve my goals and not giving up on me.
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You can give yourself permission to push back on these legacies.
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Remember, people will push you when your health is low.
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We have to be comfortable pushing our friends.
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I mean, that's if you push too hard, right?
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However, a minority of scholars have pushed back against this view in recent decades.
Academic text (2017) -
Paul, I don't want to push you into it if you think it's ill-advised.
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She continues to push her teammates to perform better in every match.
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As a coach, my job is to push my players to reach their full potential.
Synonyms
To make someone do something by using power or pressure
To cause someone to want to do something strongly
Give someone support and confidence so they try or keep doing something
To strongly encourage someone to do something
Make someone want to do something
Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something
Make someone do or say something
To try to make someone do something
To encourage someone to take action or try harder
Persuade someone to do something
To make someone want to do something
To gently encourage someone to try something new
To strongly encourage someone to do something
To persuade someone to do something by gentle talk and praise
To push someone a little to make them start doing something
To encourage someone to go faster or try harder
To make someone feel they must do something, often because of pressure or need
To use influence to persuade someone to do something
Get someone to agree or do something by pressuring them
To persuade someone to do something they would not do on their own
Encourage someone gently to start doing something
To give a small reward, like money or time off, to encourage someone to do something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to make something happen when it is already easy or people already agree
Phrasal Verbs
Make a person or thing work as hard as possible until they cannot keep going
- Informal
Move forward through a crowd by forcing people aside with your body
Compounds
A small switch you press with a finger to control a machine like a coffee maker or elevator
A radio you change stations on by pressing preset buttons instead of turning a dial
- Specialized
A storage where the last thing put in comes out first, like a pile of plates
How Insistent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb push meaning to urge someone comes from the idea of 'driving' found in Latin pellere 'to drive'. So to push someone is to give them a strong nudge or drive to do something.