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Idioms and Phrases

Be overly insistent or forward, as in I promise to think over your proposal, but don't push it . This idiom uses push in the sense of “force some activity or issue.” [First half of 1800s]

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On Saturday it appeared the Timberwolves could win this series, or at least push it deep into six or seven games.

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That’s the line you want to walk with horror: You’ve got to push it so far that the audience has a response to it, but not cross that line where you lose the fear factor.

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The 24-foot-long minke whale was swimming in the harbor for several days and officials had tried to push it out to sea, only for it to come back, Milstein said.

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A lot of my friends push it a little too hard and go till 5 or 6.

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"You try and push it out but it creeps back in."

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