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push paper

push paper verb: to work as a paper-pusher.

Verb

push paper (third-person singular simple present pushes paper, present participle pushing paper, simple past and past participle pushed paper)

  1. (derogatory, informal) To work as a paper-pusher.

Forms of push paper

third-person singular presentpushes paper
present participlepushing paper
past participlepushed paper
pastpushed paper
alternative formpush papers

Questions about push paper

What does push paper mean?
Push paper means to work as a paper-pusher.
What part of speech is push paper?
Push paper is a verb.
What is the past tense of push paper?
The past tense of push paper is pushed paper.

Words near push paper in the dictionary

  1. push one's luck
  2. push one's way
  3. push one's way in
  4. push out
  5. push over
  6. push paper
  7. push papers
  8. push past
  9. push pin
  10. push pins
  11. push poll

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