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
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The button gets pushed on Josephina’s cover, with news of her discharge spread over cable news.
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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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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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“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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