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111push comes to shove — If or when push comes to shove, the situation has become some bad that you are forced to do something: If push comes to shove, we ll just have to use our savings …
112push-button — ☆ push button [poosh′but΄ n ] adj. 1. controlled by or carried out by means of a push button 2. highly mechanized, computerized, automatic, etc. [modern, push button warfare] …
113push-button war — noun One carried on by guided missiles, released by push button • • • Main Entry: ↑push …
114push-stroke — pushˈ stroke noun 1. A push instead of an ordinary hit or stroke at a ball 2. In snooker, etc, an illegal stroke in which the cue is still in contact, or comes into contact again, with the cue ball when the cue ball touches the object ball • • •… …
115push something from your mind — push someone/something from your mind push someone/something to the back of your mind phrase to avoid thinking about someone or something He pushed her completely from his mind. Lucy pushed the idea firmly to the back of her mind. Thesaurus: to …
116push someone from your mind — push someone/something from your mind push someone/something to the back of your mind phrase to avoid thinking about someone or something He pushed her completely from his mind. Lucy pushed the idea firmly to the back of her mind. Thesaurus: to …
117push|ball — «PUSH BL», noun. 1. a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about six feet in diameter. Two sides of players try to push it toward opposite goals. 2. the baused: »Figurative. Certain Congressmen may follow the Senate s lead in making this …
118push|up — or push up «PUSH UHP», noun, adjective. –n. an exercise done by lying face down and raising the body with the arms while keeping the back, hips, and legs straight and the toes on the ground: »A few brisk pushups and you re in fine fettle for a… …
119push your buttons — informal : to do or say something just to make you angry or upset Don t pay any attention to her. She s just trying to push your buttons. Even though they re both adults now, Rita s brother still knows how to push her buttons. [=he is easily able …
120push papers — push paper(s) informal : to do boring or unimportant work in an office She wanted to be a pilot, but instead she ended up pushing papers in a government job. see also ↑paper pusher • • • Main Entry: ↑paper push paper(s) see ↑paper …
