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
The way that McIntyre is pushed on Raw, however, indicates that WWE is, at the very least, extremely confident that McIntyre is staying.
—
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
The Ukrainian plan, however, was to push on three axes — south along two distinct paths to the Sea of Azov, as well as in eastern Ukraine around the besieged city of Bakhmut, which the Russians had seized in the spring after a nearly year-long battle.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
Waters pushed up his sweaty T-shirt to expose his chest and began briskly pushing on his breastbone.
—Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
This situation reminds me of systems thinking theories as pushing on one dimension of change only ripples to another area causing more risk and potentially greater risks.
—Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
There's also been push on the national front, from the likes of President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, to create a federal wealth tax.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2024
Prosecutors pushed on, and Manafort was eventually convicted.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Not learning the ideologies that the radical left loves to push on children.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
Apple has been pushing on soccer in particular, inking a streaming deal with MLS that got a big boost with the arrival of Lionel Messi in Miami.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
The Ukrainian plan, however, was to push on three axes — south along two distinct paths to the Sea of Azov, as well as in eastern Ukraine around the besieged city of Bakhmut, which the Russians had seized in the spring after a nearly year-long battle.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
Waters pushed up his sweaty T-shirt to expose his chest and began briskly pushing on his breastbone.
—Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
This situation reminds me of systems thinking theories as pushing on one dimension of change only ripples to another area causing more risk and potentially greater risks.
—Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
There's also been push on the national front, from the likes of President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, to create a federal wealth tax.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2024
Prosecutors pushed on, and Manafort was eventually convicted.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Not learning the ideologies that the radical left loves to push on children.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
Apple has been pushing on soccer in particular, inking a streaming deal with MLS that got a big boost with the arrival of Lionel Messi in Miami.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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