The Collaborative International Dictionary
Push \Push\, v. i.
To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
--Shak.-
To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
At the time of the end shall the kind of the south push at him and the king of the north shall come against him.
--Dan. xi. 40.War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length Both sides resolved to push, we tried our strength.
--Dryden. -
To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten.
The rider pushed on at a rapid pace.
--Sir W. Scott.
Usage examples of "to push on".
The only course possible to me, since I meant to push on into Egypt, was to leave the boy and girl in the hands of the kind Sisters of Charity, who, happily, are to be found everywhere.
It had to be erect at this time to push on the walls of the flexible cylinder in which it fitted.
Frank was eager to push on toward the oasis and spy out the ground for himself, but Yaqui did not favor the idea.
I had private reasons for wishing to push on as quickly as possible.
On the contrary, he was obliged to push on, in order to make up for lost time.
Instead, handling it was fired with a sense of impatience new to me, a desire to push on, to hurry about my self-appointed task.
I'm going to want to confirm the dish on the side, in case we need to push on her later.