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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Watts can only speculate as to why the film didn’t get the robust theatrical push it was promised.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Like most comets, 3I/ATLAS does experience slight non-gravitational forces caused by outgassing — when sunlight heats the comet’s surface, jets of gas and dust can push it gently.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Further research is underway to make a more potent version of the compound, push it to critical trials and deploy the CANDiT technology in studies of different tumor types.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Others hope to push it in the same direction as Oklahoma.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Like most comets, 3I/ATLAS does experience slight non-gravitational forces caused by outgassing — when sunlight heats the comet’s surface, jets of gas and dust can push it gently.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Further research is underway to make a more potent version of the compound, push it to critical trials and deploy the CANDiT technology in studies of different tumor types.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Others hope to push it in the same direction as Oklahoma.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Push it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20it. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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