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push papers

push papers is the alternative form of push paper.

Meaning of push paper

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 papers

third-person singular presentpushes papers
present participlepushing papers
past participlepushed papers
pastpushed papers

Questions about push papers

What is push papers the alternative form of?
Push papers is the alternative form of push paper.

Words near push papers in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: push papers (page history and authors); push paper (page history and authors). 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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