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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
push/pʊʃ/
- 1 exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.
■ hold and exert force on (something) so as to cause it to move in front of one.
■ move one's body or a part of it forcefully into a specified position.
■ (push off) exert pressure with an oar so as to move a boat out from a bank.
- 2 move forward by using force.
■ (push in) Brit. go in front of people who are already queuing.
■ (push ahead) proceed with or continue a course of action.
■ (push off) Brit. informal go away; depart.
- 3 urge (someone) to greater effort.
■ (push for) demand persistently.
- 4 informal promote the use, sale, or acceptance of.
■ sell (a narcotic drug) illegally.
- 5 (be pushed) informal have very little of something, especially time.
- 6 (be pushing) informal be nearly (a particular age).
- 1 an act of pushing.
- 2 a vigorous effort.
■ forcefulness and enterprise.
- 3 (a push) informal something that is hard to achieve.
at a push Brit. informal only if necessary or with a certain degree of difficulty.
get (or give someone) the push (or shove) Brit. informal
- 1 be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job.
- 2 be rejected in (or end) a relationship.
when push comes to shove informal when one must commit oneself to an action or decision.
pusher noun.

