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Push down   /pʊʃ daʊn/   Listen
verb
Push  v. t.  (past & past part. pushed; pres. part. pushing)  
1.
To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; opposed to draw. "Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat."
2.
To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. "If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant,... the ox shall be stoned."
3.
To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. " To push his fortune." "Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honor to the actor." "We are pushed for an answer."
4.
To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
5.
To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Push down" Quotes from Famous Books



... and, turning him about by the shoulders, gave him a push down the stair, crying, "Oh, Malise, Malise, have you lived so long in the world without finding out that a beautiful ...
— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett



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