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Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
Examples of push on in a Sentence
the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on
Recent Examples on the Web
The button gets pushed on Josephina’s cover, with news of her discharge spread over cable news.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Labor, economic policy Expect an aggressive push on worker rights and corporate regulation.
—Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
The surgeon removes a small portion of the disc, or shock absorber, that has squirted out and is pushing on a nerve and causing pain.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
This means that photons can push on an asteroid to change its spin: the rock absorbs light from the sun, then reemits that energy as infrared light.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1602, in the meaning defined above
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“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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