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verb

Push v. i.

To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.

To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed. "At the time of the end shall the kind of the south push at him and the king of the north shall come against him." "War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length Both sides resolved to push, we tried our strength."

To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.

To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten. "The rider pushed on at a rapid pace."

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Etymology of 'Push on'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Push on" Quotes from Famous Books

... trader held out his arm to bar the way. "Don't push on yore reins, McRae. I'm makin' you a proposition. Me, I'm lookin' for a wife, an' this here breed girl of yours suits me. Give her to me an' I'll call the whole thing square. Couldn't say fairer than ...

— Man Size • William MacLeod Raine

... our halt at Haltham, we bid adieu to the place, and push on southward. Passing Tumby Lawn, the residence of Sir H. M. Hawley, surrounded by leafy groves, within whose shade (teste scriptore) Philomel doth pour forth (malgré the poets) his flood of song, while a whole coterie of other birds in “amorous descant” join; and sheltered ...

— Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood - Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter • J. Conway Walter

... gentlemen; and I am able to accompany you," he said. "There are two ways to the shooting-cottage. One—the longest—passes by the inn at Craig Fernie. I am compelled to ask you to go with me by that way. While you push on to the cottage, I must drop behind, and say a word to a person who ...

— Man and Wife • Wilkie Collins

... like a success," said the doctor, "but push on for mercy's sake; all these delays and fluctuations will ...

— The Champdoce Mystery • Emile Gaboriau

... that he went the ground grew softer and more swampy, and he at length determined to push on no farther in this direction, but turning to his left to try and gain higher ground, and then to continue on the line he had marked ...

— By Sheer Pluck - A Tale of the Ashanti War • G. A. Henty

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