to push on
21
3.7
- phrasal verb
- /pʊʃ ɑn/
:
seguir adelante
- After resting for a bit, they decided to push on and finish the hike.
No, he will muster the courage to push on until he is the Wiener.
- No, he will muster the courage to push on until he is the Wiener.
- And so Alazon is is pressing on them from the north, Carsten is pushing on them from the South.
- And one of the things I said to the public affairs officer is the more you push on this thing, the more you draw attention to it.
- And we are in just the right place to push on that and and leverage that and and deliver and lots of things that people want.
- One of the hardest for me and for millions of others, is the discipline of staring at an empty page every day, pushing on to think deeply, to create.
- But he continues to push on as a way to take the realities of the environment of scarce resources and create cooperation from that.
Examples
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When man set foot on the moon, all nations started to work together to push on into space.
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You're almost done, just push on through.
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Do we Stay here, or do we push on?
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No, we need to push on.
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We'll push on as soon as we can.
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We were gonna try and push on after we ate.
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So let's push on to the next topic.
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The troops need to refuel before they push on.
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After navigating the river and drying their feet, the scouts push on towards their next objective, the mountain pass.
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She will push on to Bangkok, then Papua New Guinea before heading east toward her final destination, California.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To keep doing something without stopping
∞
1.0
Keep happening or keep being done without stopping
731
1.5
To try hard to achieve something, especially against difficulty
357
1.6
To continue doing something without stopping
306
1.4
Continue doing something without stopping
253
2.7
To continue doing something after an interruption or when it is difficult
173
3.3
To keep trying and not give up when things are hard
168
2.3
Continue doing something, especially after an interruption
161
4.4
Move forward without stopping or slowing down
87
3.0
Continue doing something well with the same effort
81
3.0
Go forward or leave a place when someone tells you to
61
2.7
To start or continue something so it gets closer to a goal
46
3.3
To continue doing something and refuse to give up
39
3.6
To keep going despite problems until you finish
30
3.3
Move forward in a steady, determined way
26
3.9
To keep going with a task even when it is hard
22
5.1
Keep trying to do something even when it is hard
19
3.1
To keep making progress despite problems
19
2.6
Continue doing something after a pause or interruption
16
4.6
To keep working on a task until it is finished, even when it is hard
9
6.8
To keep working on something quickly and with energy
8
4.2
Continue and finish a task with strong effort when it is hard or you are tired
3
3.7
To move forward steadily despite problems
3
4.7
Continue doing something even when there are problems
1
5.0
Keep doing something despite difficulty or others telling you to stop
To continue to try hard even when things are difficult
To keep trying and do well despite difficult times
Antonyms
How Determined
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to continue moving forward or continue doing something' is directly derivable from combining 'push' (exert force/move forward) with the particle 'on' (indicating continuation or persistence). This V+particle pattern is a common, compositional phrasal‑verb structure in English (and has parallels in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will generally infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb push on comes from the simple picture of using push to move something on, like a heavy cart, or of pushing yourself to keep walking when you are tired. So, it means 'to continue moving forward' or 'to keep going with something even when it is hard'.