push on

verb

pushed on; pushing on; pushes on

intransitive verb

: to continue on one's way : proceed

Synonyms

• bail
• bail out
• begone
• book [slang]
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off [British slang]
• buzz (off)
• clear off [chiefly British]
• clear out
• cut out
• depart
• dig out
• exit
• get
• get off
• go
• go off
• move
• pack (up or off)
• part
• peel off
• pike (out or off)
• pull out
• push off
• quit
• run along
• sally (forth)
• scarper [British]
• shove (off)
• step (along)
• take off
• vamoose
• walk out

Examples of push on in a Sentence

the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on

Recent Examples on the Web

While those two mid-twentysomethings have rather stalled in their mission to enter the pantheon of major winners, Sinner looks ready to push on. —Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

Show more But already Israel Defense Forces are preparing to push on, Lerner said. —NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023

Harvey Milk’s assassination drove Feinstein’s decades-long push on gun control. —Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023

On Earth, air pushes on your skin from every direction with a consistent pressure of about 14 pounds per square inch, or using ridiculous non-American units, 1 atmosphere. —Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023

These electrons all create electric fields that push on the other electrons. —WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023

Despite the negative response, Christie pushed on with his remarks, touching on the national debt. —Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2023

Do this by tearing off the paper tab and pushing on the needle and turning it until it is tightly screwed on. —Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2023

The grieving family of Jawan Dallas continued their push on Tuesday for authorities to release body camera footage of his July 2 death during an altercation with police, only to get denied by Alabama state law. —John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 12 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above