push

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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verb, noun
+ verb
using hands / arms / body
1 [often +adv./prep.] to use your hands, arms or body in order to make sb/sth move forward or away from you; to move part of your body into a particular position: [V] We pushed and pushed but the piano wouldn't move. + Push hard when I tell you to. + She pushed at the door but it wouldn't budge. + You push and I'll pull. + [VN] He walked slowly up the hill pushing his bike. + She pushed the cup towards me. + He pushed his chair back and stood up. + He tried to kiss her but she pushed him away. + She pushed her face towards him. + [VN-ADJ] I pushed the door open.
2 [+adv./prep.] to use force to move past sb/sth using your hands, arms, etc: [V] The fans pushed against the barrier. + People were pushing and shoving to get to the front. + [VN] Try and push your way through the crowd.
affect sth
3 [VN +adv./prep.] to affect sth so that it reaches a particular level or state: This development could push the country into recession. + The rise in interest rates will push prices up.
switch / button
4 [VN] to press a switch, button, etc., for example in order to make a machine start working: I went into the elevator and pushed the button for the top floor.
persuade
5 ~ sb (into sth / into doing sth)
~ sb (to do sth) to persuade or encourage sb to do sth that they may not want to do: [VN] My teacher pushed me into entering the competition. + [VN to inf] No one pushed you to take the job, did they?
work hard
6 [VN] to make sb work hard: The music teacher really pushes her pupils. + Lucy should push herself a little harder.
put pressure on sb
7 [VN] (informal) to put pressure on sb and make them angry or upset: Her parents are very tolerant, but sometimes she pushes them too far.
new idea / product
8 [VN] (informal) to try hard to persuade people to accept or agree with a new idea, buy a new product, etc: The interview gave him a chance to push his latest movie. + She didn't want to push the point any further at that moment.
sell drugs
9 [VN] (informal) to sell illegal drugs
of army
10 [V +adv./prep.] to move forward quickly through an area: The army pushed (on) towards the Nile.
Idioms: be pushing 40, 50, etc. (informal) to be nearly 40, 50, etc. years old
be pushing up (the) daisies (old-fashioned, humorous) to be dead and in a grave
push the boat out (BrE, informal) to spend a lot of money on enjoying yourself or celebrating sth
push your luck
push it / things to take a risk because you have successfully avoided problems in the past: You didn't get caught last time, but don't push your luck!
push sth to the back of your mind to try to forget about sth unpleasant: I tried to push the thought to the back of my mind.
more at PANIC BUTTON
Phrasal Verbs: push sb about / around to give orders to sb in a rude or unpleasant way
push ahead / forward (with sth) to continue with a plan in a determined way: The government is pushing ahead with its electoral reforms.
push sth<->aside to avoid thinking about sth: He pushed aside the feelings of fear.
push sth back to make the time or date of a meeting, etc. later than originally planned: The start of the game was pushed back from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
push for sth
push sb for sth to repeatedly ask for sth or try to make sth happen because you think it is very important: The pressure group is pushing for a ban on GM foods. + I'm going to have to push you for an answer.
push forward to continue moving or travelling somewhere, especially when it is a long distance or difficult
push yourself / sb forward to make other people think about and notice you or sb else: She had to push herself forward to get a promotion.
push in (BrE) (AmE cut in) to go in front of other people who are waiting
push off
1 (BrE, spoken) used to tell sb rudely to go away: Hey, what are you doing? Push off!
2 to move away from the shore in a boat, or from the side of a swimming pool, etc.
push on to continue with a journey or an activity: We rested for a while then pushed on to the next camp.
push sb<->out to make sb leave a place or an organization
push sb/sth<->out to make sth less important than it was; to replace sth
push sth<->out to produce sth in large quantities: factories pushing out cheap cotton shirts
push sb/sth over to make sb/sth fall to the ground by pushing them: Sam pushed me over in the playground.
See also - PUSHOVER
push sth<->through to get a new law or plan officially accepted: The government is pushing the changes through before the election.
+ noun
using hands / arms / body
1 an act of pushing sth/sb: She gave him a gentle push. + The car won't start. Can you give it a push? + At the push of a button (= very easily) he could get a whole list of names.
of army
2 a large and determined military attack: a final push against the enemy + (figurative) The firm has begun a major push into the European market.
effort
3 ~ for sth a determined effort to achieve sth: The push for reform started in 1989.
Idioms: at a push (BrE, informal) used to say that sth is possible, but only with difficulty: We can provide accommodation for six people at a push.
give sb / get the push (BrE, informal) to dismiss sb/to be dismissed from your job: They gave him the push after only six weeks.
when push comes to shove (informal) when there is no other choice; when everything else has failed

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 thrust, shove, drive, move, set in motion, get moving, propel; press:

Push the boat away from the pier. He pushed the door shut.

2 press, depress:

Push the button if you want anything.

3 shove, thrust, elbow, shoulder, force, jostle, nudge:

We pushed our way through the crowd.

4 urge, encourage, press, induce, ask, persuade, get, egg on, press, prod, spur, goad, rouse, prompt, incite, move, motivate, stimulate, influence, impel, make, compel, force, dragoon, coerce, constrain; badger, hound, pester, harass, plague, nag, browbeat; beg, importune, entreat:

His family is pushing him to find work. I'll soon have the work done, but stop pushing me.

5 force, strain, overstrain, tax, overtax, burden, overburden:

You might have got away with it this time, but don't push your luck

6 promote, publicize, advertise, boost, propagandize, puff, Colloq plug, Slang ballyhoo, hype:

Because we have too much stock, we are pushing suntan oil this week

7 push about or around. intimidate, bully, cow, domineer, tyrannize, bullyrag, torment, force, coerce:

Don't push people about if you want them to do what you want.

8 push away. reject, deny, brush off or aside, give (someone) the cold shoulder, rebuff, distance oneself from:

She pushes everyone away and then wonders why she has no friends.

9 push off.

(a) shove off, sail away or off:

We stepped into the dinghy and pushed off.

(b) leave, depart, go away, Colloq light out, take off, hit the road, skedaddle, scram, make oneself scarce, Slang beat it:

I have to push off now if I'm to make that train.

10 push on or forward or along. move onwards or onward or ahead or forward, continue, proceed, advance, press on or onwards or onward:

If we stay the night here, we shall have to push on first thing in the morning.

11 push through. force, press, Colloq railroad:

The bill was pushed through committee without delay.

12 push (up) daisies. be dead (and buried), be six feet under:

Her husband's pushing up daisies.

n.

13 shove, thrust, nudge:

My car needs a push to get it started.

14 effort, energy, dynamism, drive, force, enterprise, ambition, vigour, determination, initiative, eagerness, spirit, enthusiasm, zeal, verve, Colloq get-up-and-go, zing, zip, gumption, go:

If he had a bit more push, he might succeed.

15 campaign, attack, assault, advance, offensive, charge, onslaught, foray, sortie, invasion, incursion, raid, sally, blitzkrieg, blitz, strike:

The troops were massed along the coast, ready for the big push inland

16 the push. dismissal, notice, Colloq marching orders, Chiefly Brit the sack, the boot, Chiefly US and Canadian walking papers, a pink slip:

He'd been with the company for twenty years, but they still gave him the push when sales fell.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ act of pushing

ADJ.

big, hard | gentle, little

VERB + PUSH

give sb/sth

She gave him a gentle push towards the door.

PHRASES

at the push of a button

The machine washes and dries at the push of a button.

² effort to do/obtain sth

ADJ.

big | final

PREP.

~ against

the final push against the enemy

| ~ for

There has been a big push for better public transport.

| ~ towards

a push towards organic food

Concise English dictionary

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pushes|pushed|pushingpʊʃ
noun
+the act of applying force in order to move something away
+the force used in pushing
+enterprising or ambitious drive
+an electrical switch operated by pressing
+an effort to advance
verb
+move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
+press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
+make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
+strive and make an effort to reach a goal
+press against forcefully without moving
+approach a certain age or speed
+exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
+sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
+move strenuously and with effort
+make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

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