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on-pressing

on-pressing adjective: of a group, crowd, army, etc., pressing forwards.

Adjective

on-pressing (not comparable)

  1. Of a group, crowd, army, etc., pressing forwards.
    • At the threshold he paused for an instant, and, lifting the struggling Arab above his head, hurled him, as though from a catapult, full in the faces of his on-pressing fellows.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 62

Questions about on-pressing

What does on-pressing mean?
On-pressing means of a group, crowd, army, etc., pressing forwards.
What part of speech is on-pressing?
On-pressing is an adjective.

Words near on-pressing in the dictionary

  1. on-path attacks
  2. on-point
  3. on-prem
  4. on-premise
  5. on-premises
  6. on-pressing
  7. on-ramp
  8. on-ramped
  9. on-ramping
  10. on-ramps
  11. on-road

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