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.

Examples of push it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, officials again demanded the final second be played, and stadium staff even began to push the winner's stage onto the field, before having to push it back to clear space for the final play. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026

Stand behind the door, push it open, and voilà! —Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025

Eventually, the group waddles the alligator over to a waiting pickup truck and manages to lift the reptile even higher to push it into the bed of the truck. —Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025

The Indian government asked phone manufacturers to preload a state-run cybersecurity app with no option to disable it, mandating them to push it via software updates on handsets. —Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for push it

• acquit
• admit
• amrit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite