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  • 31Pushing Tin — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Turbulenzen – und andere Katastrophen Originaltitel: Pushing Tin Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1999 Länge: 119 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …

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  • 32pushing — push|ing [ˈpuʃıŋ] prep be pushing 40/60 etc spoken to be nearly 40, 60 etc years old used only about older people ▪ Sheila must be pushing 40 by now …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33pushing — [[t]p ʊʃɪŋ[/t]] PREP If you say that someone is pushing a particular age, you mean that they are nearly that age. [INFORMAL] Pushing 40, he was an ageing rock star. Syn: almost, going on …

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  • 34pushing — preposition be pushing 18/30/60 etc usually spoken to be nearly 18, 30, 60 years old etc: Sheila must be pushing 40 by now …

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  • 35pushing up daisies — mod. dead and buried. (Folksy. Usually in the future tense.) □ I’ll be pushing up daisies before this problem is solved. □ If you talk to me like that again, you’ll be pushing up daisies …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 36Pushing Hands — Tuishou (chin. 推手, tuī shǒu „schiebende Hände“), oder auch englisch Pushing hands, bezeichnet eine Partnerübung in den inneren Kampfkünsten, wie z. B. dem Taijiquan. Dabei stehen sich die Partner gegenüber und berühren einander an den Armen und… …

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  • 37pushing fifty — nearly 50 years old, 48 or 49 years old    Bart is pushing fifty, but he looks much younger …

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  • 38Pushing up the daisies —   If someone is said to be pushing up the daisies, they are dead …

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  • 39pushing — /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ (say pooshing) adjective 1. energetic; unusually active in the pursuit of an aim. –adverb 2. nearly; almost (a specified age, etc.): pushing forty …

  • 40pushing —   Hu ena; pahuna (as a spear); kula ina (over).    ♦ Jerky pushing motion, helo …

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