push around

verb

pushed around; pushing around; pushes around

transitive verb

: to impose on contemptuously : bully

Examples of push around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The defensive tackles were pushed around early, but the line got stronger as the game went on, culminating in the goal-line stand in the third quarter that pretty much had the Rams packing up for a long flight home. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

The latest findings also point to a broader push around chip packaging and three-dimensional integration. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Iceland, which gained independence from Denmark in 1944, has a proud history of refusing to be pushed around by bigger and richer European nations. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Napier’s teams too often were pushed around on both sides of the ball. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for push around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background