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

UConn responded with a bucket from Mullins and a trip to the free throw line for Demary to push it back to 10, but Trey Parker wasn’t phased by the Huskies’ interior defense and made a series of tough second-chance layups under the basket. —Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026

However, officials again demanded the final second be played, and stadium staff even began to push the winner's stage onto the field, before having to push it back to clear space for the final play. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026

Stand behind the door, push it open, and voilà! —Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025

Eventually, the group waddles the alligator over to a waiting pickup truck and manages to lift the reptile even higher to push it into the bed of the truck. —Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for push it

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