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  • 11push — 1 /pUS/ verb 1 MOVE (I, T) to make someone or something move by using your hands, arms, shoulders etc to put pressure on them: It s still stuck you ll have to push harder. | When I give the signal, I want you all to push. | push sb/sth: Johnson… …

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  • 12push — [[t]p ʊʃ[/t]] ♦♦ pushes, pushing, pushed 1) VERB When you push something, you use force to make it move away from you or away from its previous position. [V n with adv] The woman pushed back her chair and stood up... [V n prep] They pushed him… …

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  • 13forward — Synonyms and related words: a bit previous, accelerate, acculturate, acquiescent, act for, actuate, address, advance, advanced, advancing, advantage, adventurous, agog, agreeable, ahead, aid, air express, airfreight, airmail, alacritous, alee,… …

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  • 14push — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, actuate, advance, advance against, advance upon, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, advertise, advocate, aggrandize, aggravated assault, aggression, aggressiveness, ambition, ambitiousness, amperage,… …

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  • 15push on — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, bundle, bustle, chase, crowd, dash, dash off, dash on, dispatch, double time, drive on, expedite, fare, festinate, forge ahead, forward, get going, get moving, go, go slow, haste, hasten, hasten on, hie,… …

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  • 16push ahead — or push forward PHRASAL VERB If you push ahead or push forward with something, you make progress with it. [V P with n] The government intends to push ahead with its reform programme. [Also V P] Syn …

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  • 17push ahead — phrasal verb push ahead or push forward [intransitive] Word forms push ahead : present tense I/you/we/they push ahead he/she/it pushes ahead present participle pushing ahead past tense pushed ahead past participle pushed ahead to continue trying… …

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  • 18push — I UK [pʊʃ] / US verb Word forms push : present tense I/you/we/they push he/she/it pushes present participle pushing past tense pushed past participle pushed *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move someone or something away from you, or from… …

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  • 19push ahead — UK US push ahead Phrasal Verb with push({{}}/pʊʃ/ verb ► [I or T] (also push forward) to continue with an activity in a determined or enthusiastic way, especially when it is difficult: »push ahead with sth »Now he s fully qualified he can push… …

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  • 20push — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nudge, thrust, shove; pressure, exigency; crisis, pinch; informal, endeavor, effort, drive, determination, perseverance, persistence, aggressiveness. See circumstance. v. t. drive, urge, force; propel …

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