They kept pushing [= pressing] the issue. We need to get them to do something, but we don't want to push the point too much. Definition of push verb in oxford advanced american dictionary.

From old french poulser, latin pulsare, meaning to beat or drive repeatedly. She is pushing the stroller down the sidewalk. Stop pushing others in lineâ€wait your turn! He keeps pushing his … I tried to push past her but she barred my way. In the end she used brute force to push him out. The children were pushing and jostling in the line.

I tried to push past her but she barred my way. In the end she used brute force to push him out. The children were pushing and jostling in the line. As he went by, he deliberately pushed me. The meaning of pushing is marked by ambition, energy, enterprise, and initiative. Pushing refers to the action or process of applying force to an object or person in order to move them away from oneself or from the source of the force, usually in a forward or outward direction. If you say that someone is pushing a particular age, you mean that they are nearly that age.

Pushing refers to the action or process of applying force to an object or person in order to move them away from oneself or from the source of the force, usually in a forward or outward direction. If you say that someone is pushing a particular age, you mean that they are nearly that age.