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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Push \Push\, v. i.
1. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or
with a sword. --Shak.
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2. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic;
as, a man must push in order to succeed.
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At the time of the end shall the kind of the south
push at him and the king of the north shall come
against him. --Dan. xi. 40.
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War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length
Both sides resolved to push, we tried our strength.
--Dryden.
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3. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
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{To push on}, to drive or urge forward; to hasten.
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The rider pushed on at a rapid pace. --Sir W.
Scott.
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