push around

verb

pushed around; pushing around; pushes around

transitive verb

: to impose on contemptuously : bully

Examples of push around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Collins was pushed around in the preseason opener in his first action since offseason shoulder surgery. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

There was a degree of status-anxiety here, as Spurs tried to prove to the world they would not be pushed around. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

But a major injury midway through the year to Ryan Hughes hit the unit hard, and the line play deteriorated in the middle portion of the season as TCU was pushed around by BYU and Kansas State and folded in the second half against Iowa State. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026

Tired of pushing around those heavy vacuum cleaners? — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for push around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background