Push down on this button if you want room service.
•Don't push down on the door handle too hard. It will break.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
Push Down — In software engineering, Push Down refactoring involves moving a method from a superclass into a subclass. Compare the following Java classes before and after the Push Down refactor is applied: public class SuperClass{ void methodA() { //do… … Wikipedia
push down — verb cause to come or go down (Freq. 1) The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet • Syn: ↑down, ↑knock down, ↑cut down, ↑pull down … Useful english dictionary
bear down on something — bear down (on (someone/something)) 1. to use all your effort to do something. Our students will have to bear down if they want to pass their exams. 2. to push or press on something. When washing your car, try not to bear down too hard or you ll… … New idioms dictionary
push over — ˌpush ˈover [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they push over he/she/it pushes over present participle pushing over past tense … Useful english dictionary
push — push1 [ puʃ ] verb *** ▸ 1 move someone/something away ▸ 2 press button on machine ▸ 3 move through group ▸ 4 encourage/force someone ▸ 5 try to sell something ▸ 6 make something reach level ▸ 7 sell illegal drugs ▸ 8 make impatient/annoyed ▸ 9… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
push — 1 /pUS/ verb 1 MOVE (I, T) to make someone or something move by using your hands, arms, shoulders etc to put pressure on them: It s still stuck you ll have to push harder. | When I give the signal, I want you all to push. | push sb/sth: Johnson… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
push — ▪ I. push push 1 [pʊʆ] verb [transitive] 1. to work hard to persuade people to buy more of a product, for example by advertising it a lot: • Our sales staff will be pushing the new model hard. • IBM will use its huge sales force to push this… … Financial and business terms
push — I UK [pʊʃ] / US verb Word forms push : present tense I/you/we/they push he/she/it pushes present participle pushing past tense pushed past participle pushed *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move someone or something away from you, or from… … English dictionary
push — [[t]p ʊʃ[/t]] ♦♦ pushes, pushing, pushed 1) VERB When you push something, you use force to make it move away from you or away from its previous position. [V n with adv] The woman pushed back her chair and stood up... [V n prep] They pushed him… … English dictionary
down — I [[t]da͟ʊn[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦ (Down is often used with verbs of movement, such as fall and pull , and also in phrasal verbs such as bring down and calm down .) 1) PREP To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go… … English dictionary
push something down someone's throat — force/push/ram/thrust/something down someone’s throat informal phrase to force someone to have or to accept something Viewers continue to have programmes like this thrust down their throats every day. Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do… … Useful english dictionary
