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at a push

at a push prepositional phrase: not later than, at the latest.

Prepositional phrase

  1. not later than, at the latest
    • At first she had wondered what he wanted of her, when (so she had heard) plenty of round-heeled Washington girls were his at a push.1978, Herman Wouk, War and Remembrance, Back Bay Books, published 2002, page 523

at a push meaning in Malayalam

at a push in Malayalam

if need be, if necessary, if needs must
ആവശ്യമെങ്കിൽ, വേണ്ടിവന്നാൽ, അടിയന്തരഘട്ടത്തിൽ, അത്യാവശ്യമാണെങ്കിൽ, അത്യാവശ്യഘട്ടത്തിൽ, ഒരു വിഷമഘട്ടത്തിൽ

Questions about at a push

What does at a push mean?
At a push means not later than, at the latest.
What is at a push in Malayalam?
At a push in Malayalam is ആവശ്യമെങ്കിൽ, വേണ്ടിവന്നാൽ, അടിയന്തരഘട്ടത്തിൽ. See At a push meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is at a push?
At a push is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at a push in the dictionary

  1. at a moment's notice
  2. at a pinch
  3. at a premium
  4. at a price
  5. at a profit
  6. at a push
  7. at a rate of knots
  8. at a run
  9. at a single stroke
  10. at a stand
  11. at a stretch

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: at a push (page history and authors); at a push (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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