push (p sh)v. pushed, push·ing, push·es v.tr. 1. To apply pressure against for the purpose of moving: push a shopping cart through the aisles of a market. 2. To move (an object) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove. 3. To force (one's way): We pushed our way through the crowd. 4. To urge forward or urge insistently; pressure: push a child to study harder. 5. To bear hard upon; press. 6. To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press. 7. To extend or enlarge: push society past the frontier. 8. Informal To approach in age: is pushing 40 and still hasn't settled down. 9. Slang a. To promote or sell (a product): The author pushed her latest book by making appearances in bookstores. b. To sell (a narcotic) illegally: push drugs. 10. 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 outward pressure or force against something. 2. To advance despite difficulty or opposition; press forward. 3. To expend great or vigorous effort. n. Phrasal Verbs: 1. The act of pushing; thrust: gave the door a swift push. 2. A vigorous or insistent effort toward an end; a drive: a push to democracy. 3. A provocation to action; a stimulus. 4. Informal Persevering energy; enterprise. 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 Idioms: To continue or proceed along one's way: The path was barely visible, but we pushed on. 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 or if all else has been taken into account and matters must be confronted, one way or another: "We extol the virtues of motherhood and bestow praise on the self-sacrificing homemaker but when push comes to shove, we give her little recognition for what she does" (Los Angeles Times). [Middle English pusshen, from Old French poulser, pousser, from Latin puls  re, frequentative of pellere, to strike, push; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.] |
push off
vb (adverb)
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Also push out to move into open water, as by being cast off from a mooring
2. (intr) Informal to go away; leave
Translations
? push off
vt sep
→ hinunterschieben; (quickly, violently) → hinunterstoßen; lid, cap → wegdrücken; to push somebody off something → jdn von etw schieben/stoßen; to push something off something → etw von etw schieben/stoßen/drücken; I was pushed off the pavement → ich wurde vom Bürgersteig gedrängt
boat → abstoßen
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