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push through

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push through
vb
(tr) to compel to accept the bill was pushed through Parliament
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.push through - break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
dehisce - burst or split open; "flowers dehisce when they release pollen"
appear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"
erupt - appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
Translations
? push through
vt sep
(= shove through)durchschieben; (quickly, violently) → durchstoßen; to push somebody/something through somethingjdn/etw durch etw schieben/stoßen; to push one’s way throughsich durchdrängen; she pushed her way through the crowdsie drängte sich durch die Menge
(= get done quickly) bill, decisiondurchpeitschen (inf); businessdurchziehen (inf)
vi (through crowd) → sich durchschieben; (more violently) → sich durchdrängen; (new shoots)sich herausschieben; he pushed through the crowder schob/drängte sich durch die Menge


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It is very dark in the forest, but you must push through it till you come to an open place with a wall of rock behind it.
Sometimes he had to stumble along the bed of the stream, and sometimes he had to push through shrubs, dense and thorny; often he was obliged to climb over rocks in order to avoid the hornet-nests that hung on the trees over his head.
 
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