push

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To press against something or someone to move it away from you.

   She pushed the door open and walked inside.

2. 2
   verb

   To strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.

   My teacher pushed me to apply for the scholarship.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of pressing against something to move it.

   The car wouldn't start, so we gave it a push.

4. 4
   noun

   A determined effort to achieve or advance something.

   The company made a big push to win new customers.

Multiword verbs with push

• push aside Phrasal verb A2

  to move something out of the way by pressing against it

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Simplified etymology

Push dates from the Middle English period and is historically related to Latin pellere, “to drive,” although the supplied passage does not give its more immediate route into English.

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.

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