push past (someone or something)

push past (someone or something)
push past (someone or something)
to force one's way past someone or something. (Considered a rude act.) •

Nick pushed past the others and made himself first in line.

I pushed past the gate and went right in.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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