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push-throughs

push-throughs is the plural of push-through.

Meaning of push-through

Noun

push-through (plural push-throughs)

  1. A narrow passageway through.
    • Twas hard to believe a whale that big could get herself into the pond. Certainly, there was no water for her in the pushthrough, and even the south gut never had no more'n two fathom and a half since ever I see it. But there she was, and looking twice as big as life.1985, Farley Mowat, A Whale for the Killing, page 84
  2. A device for cleaning a rifle bore.
    • Greener's ‘push through’ invention works well with very small bores.

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Questions about push-throughs

What is push-throughs the plural of?
Push-throughs is the plural of push-through.

Words near push-throughs in the dictionary

  1. push-start
  2. push-started
  3. push-starting
  4. push-starts
  5. push-through
  6. push-throughs
  7. push-to-pass
  8. push-to-talk
  9. push-to-transmit
  10. push-up
  11. push-up bar

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