push in

phrasal verb

pushed in; pushing in; pushes in

British

: to move in front of other people who are waiting in a line

He pushed in at the head of the queue.

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The director illustrates much of this through long, patient takes, often keeping distance with interjections of a slow push in towards Lee’s face, studying him in meditation as the the sounds of the natural world quietly score the scene, as though the two are in communion. —

Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024 Democrats outspent Republicans in California by more than double this election season, with a big push in the final stretch. —

Kate Murphy, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024 The architect of that deal, Stefano Pessina, later became CEO and then pushed in 2015 to buy Rite Aid for $17 billion. —

Phil Wahba, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024 The Democratic push in California has proved profitable, with the Harris-Walz campaign raising $136 million in Harris’s home state. —

Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for push in