push it

phrase

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

But Houston used an 8-2 spurt with 3s from Durant and Fred VanVleet to push it to 111-88 about a minute later. — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Freedom said his effort to join the league is intended to push it to adopt an explicit requirement limiting participation to biological females. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Late in the game, a chance presented itself to put together back-to-back drives and push it into overtime. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

Augmented with a robotic arm, an RPO satellite could grab another spacecraft to refuel it or adjust its orbit—or even to push it out of orbit entirely. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for push it

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