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

The compilation sold fewer than 150 copies, so streaming activity and the reassignment of plays from other Malone collections largely helps push it significantly higher. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025

This is also the rationale Manoukian shares with clients asking day in, day out, about America’s $36.2 trillion national debt burden—thrown into sharper focus because of fears President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ may push it even higher. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 July 2025

So the model was more likely to make a second mistake—a mistake that could push it even closer to the edge. —ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025

Thunderstorms in the Sahara region stir up dust and push it into the atmosphere. —Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

Rhymes for push it

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