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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In the third, Nunez sent a fastball into the Nationals bullpen in right field to push it to 4-0.
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Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Many of its issues can be fixed with patches; three months down the road, updates could push it from yellow to green score territory.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The 40-second clip from the surveillance footage shows two workers dragging a lopsided cart stacked high with shrubbery along the stone, before appearing to get caught on a corner, leading to them having to push it over the side of a stone tile.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
The Reader went nonprofit in May 2022 under then-publisher Tracy Baim in a process that pitted Goodman against Higginbottom before picketing employees helped push it over the finish line.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Many of its issues can be fixed with patches; three months down the road, updates could push it from yellow to green score territory.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The 40-second clip from the surveillance footage shows two workers dragging a lopsided cart stacked high with shrubbery along the stone, before appearing to get caught on a corner, leading to them having to push it over the side of a stone tile.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
The Reader went nonprofit in May 2022 under then-publisher Tracy Baim in a process that pitted Goodman against Higginbottom before picketing employees helped push it over the finish line.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Push it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20it. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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