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

Waitstaff push around noisy carts filled with steaming silver tins brimming with dim sum treats: delicate sui mai, fluffy ham pao, and elegantly scalloped hakao. —Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025

These efforts, along with the push around quality of life, have led to successful partnerships with companies like Shipt, a startup grocery delivery service, and Landing, a facilities management software company that moved from San Francisco in 2024. —Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025

Using a regular controller, players can control a tiny digital ship, firing nanoscale bullets to push around a physical polystyrene ball just a few microns wide. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025

That all changed last Saturday when eagle-eyed paparazzi snapped Kournikova at Bal Harbour Shops, being pushed around the tony outdoor mall in a wheelchair. —Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025

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