push on

verb

pushed on; pushing on; pushes on

intransitive verb

: to continue on one's way : proceed

Examples of push on in a Sentence

the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on
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The images of emaciated survivors and bodies piled up, dozens of them pushed on top of one another by a bulldozer, have lost none of their shocking horror 80 years later. NPR, 11 Nov. 2025 The next eight plays were runs as well, a mixture of shotgun and under-center snaps with Charbonnet and Ken Walker III, along with an AJ Barner tush push on third-and-1. Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025 Fed Governor Stephen Miran pushed on Monday for a half-point rate cut at the Fed's next meeting in December. Sean Conlon,liz Napolitano, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025 Pressing On Goudreau said that the operation went ahead despite Alcalá’s arrest because the general had already given it the green light before he was charged and the commanders on the ground decided to push on. Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for push on

Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of push on was in 1602

Cite this Entry

“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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