push on (to something)

push on (to something)
push on (to something)
1. to move on to another topic; to stop doing one thing and move on to another. •

Okay. Let's push on to the next topic.

Let us push on. We are nearly finished with the list.

2. to travel onward to something or some place. •

We left Denver and pushed on to Omaha.

Let us push on. We are nearly there.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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