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What (who) is pushed - definition
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Pushed; Pushing; PUSH; Push (album); Push (movie); Push (comics); Push (film); Push comics; Push comic; Push comic book; Push (song); Push(Song); Push (disambiguation); Push (TV series)
Pushed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Push.
pushed
1.
If you are pushed for something such as time or money, you do not have enough of it. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use pressed for
)
)
He's going to be a bit pushed for money.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ for n
2.
If you are hard pushed to do something, you find it very difficult to do it. (BRIT)
I'd be hard pushed to teach him anything.
= hard-pressed
PHRASE: V inflects
push
I
n.
act of pushing
1) to give smb. a push (our car was stuck and they gave us a push)
attack
2) a big push
3) a push to (a push to the sea)
II
v.
1)(d; intr.) ('to shove') to push against (to push against the door)
2) (d; intr.) to push for ('to urge') (to push for reform)
3) (d; intr.) to push into ('to force one's way') (to push into a crowded bus)
4) (D; tr.) ('to force to move') to push into (we pushed the stalled car into the garage)
5) (d; intr.) ('to press') to push on (to push on a handle)
6) (d; intr., tr.) to push through ('to force one's way through') (to push through a crowd; to push one's way through a crowd)
7) (d; intr.) ('to move') to push to, towards (our troops pushed towards the next village)
8) (H) ('to urge') to push smb. to do smt.
9) (N; used with an adjective) push the chair closer
10) (misc.) the army was pushed to the breaking point
Examples of use of pushed
1. "We just pushed and pushed and pushed until we could make the break," Cavanaugh said.
2. "There is an atmosphere of fear based on the fact that people have very short contracts, and the youngsters are pushed and pushed and pushed.
3. "He pushed and pushed, and finally I made a small investment," McPeak said.
4. Landlords hoping to make money from students, he added, pushed up prices and pushed out locals.
5. "We’ve never pushed her — if anything she has pushed us," says Shana.