push it
idiom
informal
: to continue to do or to try to do something when one should stop
If your mom already said "no" two times, don't push it.
You've won a lot of money, but don't push it or you could lose it all.
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Go hook up your favorite buzzer and push it.
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Everything about Baldwin’s style is too much; often one feels, in his diction, his elaborate, Jamesian syntactical structures, his sudden shifts of tone, that if the English language has a volume dial that goes up to ten, Baldwin is hot-wiring a go-around to push it to eleven or twelve.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Oil has a smoke point — push it too far and flavors turn bitter; keep it too low and the puris absorb oil.
—Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Air is limited to 1x and 2x optical quality, while the Pro models push it out to 8x with optical zoom quality, thanks to the additional telephoto lens.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Everything about Baldwin’s style is too much; often one feels, in his diction, his elaborate, Jamesian syntactical structures, his sudden shifts of tone, that if the English language has a volume dial that goes up to ten, Baldwin is hot-wiring a go-around to push it to eleven or twelve.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Oil has a smoke point — push it too far and flavors turn bitter; keep it too low and the puris absorb oil.
—Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Air is limited to 1x and 2x optical quality, while the Pro models push it out to 8x with optical zoom quality, thanks to the additional telephoto lens.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Push it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20it. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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