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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Stott was instructed to push it in Muncy’s direction. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 Some try to recreate the oxford shirt of Ivy’s golden era, while others push it in new directions. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025 Everything about Baldwin’s style is too much; often one feels, in his diction, his elaborate, Jamesian syntactical structures, his sudden shifts of tone, that if the English language has a volume dial that goes up to ten, Baldwin is hot-wiring a go-around to push it to eleven or twelve. Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Oil has a smoke point — push it too far and flavors turn bitter; keep it too low and the puris absorb oil. Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for push it

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“Push it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20it. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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