51Թ

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pushing

[poosh-ing]

adjective

  1. that pushes.

  2. enterprising; energetic.

    Synonyms:
  3. tactlessly or officiously aggressive; forward; intrusive.

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pushing

/ ˈʊʃɪŋ /

adjective

  1. enterprising, resourceful, or aggressively ambitious

  2. impertinently self-assertive

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. almost or nearly (a certain age, speed, etc)

    pushing fifty

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • pushingly adverb
  • pushingness noun
  • ˈܲ󾱲ԲԱ noun
  • ˈܲ󾱲Բ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pushing1

First recorded in 1520–30; push + -ing 2
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"There's nothing stopping you from pushing it around, putting it on the floor, putting it in the road, taking it over to the river, for example, if it's not locked into place," he said.

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Otherwise "you may be pushing the boundaries," warns Nick Hems, a personal stylist in London.

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The scuffle didn’t get overly physical, with some light shoving between the clubs pushing the pile into the screen behind home plate.

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“And then they’re also balancing their identity as a studio of innovation that is pushing the boundaries and the limits of computer animation.”

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You kind of know where Marsden’s coming from, you know where Sterling’s coming form, and those are all the people pushing against one another in the show.

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