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push off
push P0674100 (po͝osh)v. pushed, push·ing, push·es v.tr.1. a. To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it: pushed the door but couldn't budge it.b. To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove: pushed the crate aside.c. To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press.2. To force (one's way): We pushed our way through the crowd.3. To urge forward or urge insistently; pressure: pushed him to study harder.4. To extend or enlarge: pushed sales into the millions.5. Informal To approach in age: is pushing 40 and still hasn't settled down.6. a. Informal To promote or sell (a product): The author pushed her latest book by making appearances in bookstores.b. Slang To sell (a narcotic) illegally: push drugs.7. Sports To hit (a ball) in the direction toward the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.v.intr.1. To exert pressure or force against something: winds pushing against the sail.2. To advance despite difficulty or opposition; press forward: The regiment pushed toward the front line.3. To advocate or recommend something insistently: pushed for a change in leadership.4. To expend great or vigorous effort: pushed to finish his paper by the deadline.n.1. a. The act of pushing; a thrust: gave the door a push.b. The act of pressing: with a push of the button.2. A vigorous or insistent effort toward an end; a drive: a push to reform health care.3. A provocation to action; a stimulus: has artistic talent but needs a push to get started.4. Informal Persevering energy; enterprise: doesn't have the push to get the job done.Phrasal Verbs: push around Informal To treat or threaten to treat roughly; intimidate. push off Informal To set out; depart: The infantry patrol pushed off before dawn. push on To continue or proceed along one's way: The path was barely visible, but we pushed on.Idioms: push paper Informal To have one's time taken up by administrative, often seemingly petty, paperwork: spent the afternoon pushing paper for the boss. push up daisies Slang To be dead and buried: a cemetery of heroes pushing up daisies. when/if push comes to shove At a point when the situation must be confronted and dealt with: When push comes to shove, we'll have to move to a cheaper place.
[Middle English pushen, from Old French pousser, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellere, to strike, push; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: push, propel, shove, thrust
These verbs mean to press against something in order to move it forward or aside: push a baby carriage; wind propelling a sailboat; shove a tray across a table; thrust the package into her hand.Antonym: pullpush off vb (adverb) 1. (Nautical Terms) Also: push out to move into open water, as by being cast off from a mooring2. (intr) informal to go away; leaveThesauruspushverb1. To exert pressure:bear, press.2. To force to move or advance with or as if with blows or pressure:drive, propel, ram, shove, thrust.3. To cause to stick out:poke, shove, thrust.4. To force one's way into a place or situation:shove.Informal: muscle.5. To do or achieve by forcing obstacles out of one's way:press, ram, shove.6. Slang. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product):advertise, ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize, talk up.Informal: pitch, plug.7. Slang. To engage in the illicit sale of (narcotics):deal, peddle.phrasal verb
push offInformal. To move or proceed away from a place:depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.Informal: cut out, shove off.Slang: blow, split, take off.Idioms: hit the road, take leave.phrasal verb
push onTo move along a particular course:fare, go, journey, pass, proceed, remove, travel, wend.Idiom: make one's way.noun1. An act or instance of using force so as to propel ahead:butt, shove, thrust.2. An organized effort to accomplish a purpose:campaign, crusade, drive, movement.3. Something that causes and encourages a given response:encouragement, fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, prod, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulator, stimulus.4. Informal. An aggressive readiness along with energy to undertake taxing efforts:drive, enterprise, hustle, initiative, punch.Informal: get-up-and-go, gumption.Translationspush (puʃ) verb1. to press against something, in order to (try to) move it further away. He pushed the door open; She pushed him away; He pushed against the door with his shoulder; The queue can't move any faster, so stop pushing!; I had a good view of the race till someone pushed in front of me. 推 推2. to try to make (someone) do something; to urge on, especially foolishly. She pushed him into applying for the job. 促使，逼迫(某人做某事) 促使，逼迫（某人做某事） 3. to sell (drugs) illegally. 非法販賣(毒品) 非法贩卖（毒品） noun1. a movement of pressure against something; a thrust. She gave him a push. 推進 推进2. energy and determination. He has enough push to do well in his job. 勁頭，決心 劲头，决心 ˈpush-bike noun a bicycle that does not have a motor. 腳踏車 (區別於機動腳踏兩用車) 自行车（区别于机动脚踏两用车） ˈpush-chair noun , 1. (American stroller) a small wheeled chair for a child, pushed by its mother etc. 嬰兒手推車 婴儿手推车2. (also kick-sled) a push-chair on runners (used on snowy ground). 架在兩根金屬條上的雪橇椅 架在两根金属条上的雪橇椅ˈpushover noun a person or team etc who can be easily persuaded or influenced or defeated. He will not give in to pressure – he is not a pushover; We won the game so easily – it was a real pushover. 容易擊敗的人或對手，容易受影響的人 容易打败的对手，易于控制的人 be pushed for to be short of; not to have enough of. I'm a bit pushed for time. 缺少，不夠 缺少，不够 push around to treat roughly. He pushes his younger brother around. 欺侮 欺侮push off to go away. I wish you'd push off! 走開 走开push on to go on; to continue. Push on with your work. 繼續下去 继续下去push over to cause to fall; to knock down. He pushed me over. 擊倒 击倒
push off
push off1. Literally, to push against a dock in order to move one's boat away from shore. I'll need you to push off while I steer the boat.2. By extension, to leave or depart. We both need to be up early tomorrow, so we'll be pushing off soon.3. In some sports, to push another player in order to propel oneself away and create more distance from them, typically in order to get "open" to receive a pass, etc. Such a maneuver is typically against the rules. You can clearly see in the replay that Williams pushed off. The refs missed that one.See also: off, pushpush (oneself) off (on something)[for someone in a boat] to apply pressure to something on the shore, thus propelling the boat and oneself away. The weekend sailor pushed himself off on the boat he had been moored to. We pushed off on the dock.See also: off, pushpush someone or something off (of) someone or something and push someone or something offto apply pressure to and force someone or something off someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) He continued to come at me, but I managed to push him off me and escape. I pushed off the attacker.See also: off, pushpush off and shove offto leave. (As if one were pushing a boat away from a dock.) Well, it looks like it's time to push off. It's time to go. Let's shove off.See also: off, pushpush offAlso, shove off. Leave, set out, depart, as in The patrol pushed off before dawn, or It's time to shove off. This usage alludes to the literal meaning of a person in a boat pushing against the bank or dock to move away from the shore. [Colloquial; early 1900s] See also: off, pushpush offv.1. To shove or thrust something or someone from a place: She climbed up to the roof and pushed off the snow. He pushed a glass off the table, and it shattered.2. To set out; depart: The infantry patrol pushed off before dawn.3. To launch or move away by pushing against a surface: I can jump higher when I push off the ground with my left foot. We got in the boat and pushed off from the dock.See also: off, pushEncyclopediaSeepush |