push the envelope

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Exceed the limits of what is normally done, be innovative, as in They are pushing the envelope in using only new fabrics for winter clothing. This idiom comes from aviation, the envelope alluding to the technical limits of a plane's performance, which, on a graph, appear as a rising slope as limits of speed and stress are approached and falls off when the capacity is exceeded and the pilot loses control; safety lies within these limits, or envelope, and exceeding them exposes pilot and plane to risk. [Slang; late 1960s]

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push-pull, pushrod, push shot, push someone's buttons, push-start, push the envelope, push the panic button, push through, Pushto, Pushtu, push-up

单词	push the envelope
释义	push the envelope SEE SYNONYMS FOR push the envelope ON THESAURUS.COM Exceed the limits of what is normally done, be innovative, as in They are pushing the envelope in using only new fabrics for winter clothing. This idiom comes from aviation, the envelope alluding to the technical limits of a plane's performance, which, on a graph, appear as a rising slope as limits of speed and stress are approached and falls off when the capacity is exceeded and the pilot loses control; safety lies within these limits, or envelope, and exceeding them exposes pilot and plane to risk. [Slang; late 1960s] Words nearby push the envelope push-pull, pushrod, push shot, push someone's buttons, push-start, push the envelope, push the panic button, push through, Pushto, Pushtu, push-up The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to push the envelope front, pioneer, forge ahead
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push the envelope

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