pusher
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈpʌʃər/
- Informal
- In a competitive workplace, being a pusher can help you advance your career quickly.
- pencil pusher
- paper pusher
- button pusher
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Watch on YouTubeYou know, what's interesting is all of these people are big Bible pushers, right?
- You know, what's interesting is all of these people are big Bible pushers, right?
- So here I am, your pusher to give you that inside game.
- OK, And if I push you, I'm the Trish pusher and you're coming straight at me.
- But unless they work it through and process it, there is a risk of them repeating that error again and again and just finding another narcissistic breadcrumb pusher.
Examples
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They're paper pushers, eddie, that's all.
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You know, what's interesting is all of these people are big Bible pushers, right?
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So here I am, your pusher to give you that inside game.
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I told you that girl was a pusher.
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God, you are such a pusher.
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I'm your pusher man, baby.
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She then became my number one growth pusher, right?
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Mediaite has been a prime pusher for this story.
Blog text (21) -
You're a pusher, hmm?
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They are pencil pushers.
Synonyms
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8.0
A person who pushes ahead without caring about others' views
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8.2
A person who forces others to do something by threats or repeated requests
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9.5
A person who pushes other people in a rude or strong way
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5.5
A person who pushes others in a crowd to get space
Antonyms
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5.1
A person who prefers being alone or small groups and feels tired by social activity
Compounds
- Offensive
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6.5
An office worker who spends most of their time doing forms and paperwork
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pusher comes from push 'to force or move' and -er 'one who does something', so it originally meant simply 'one who pushes'. That is why we call a person a pusher when they force their ideas or themselves forward in a strong or rude way.