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

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

Adapt Brand Language To The Buying Moment Most prelaunch companies define voice in the abstract, then push it into every channel. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Then, within a day of launching, the space telescope had to fire its engine for three minutes to push it onto a trajectory to take it to L2. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026

During an El Niño event, winds shift and draw warmer ocean water from offshore and push it towards Central America. — Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for push it

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