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push past

push past verb: to rudely force one's way in front of another.

Verb

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

  1. To rudely force one's way in front of another.
  2. To force a conversation or situation to continue after an awkward interruption.

Forms of push past

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

Questions about push past

What does push past mean?
Push past means to rudely force one's way in front of another.
What part of speech is push past?
Push past is a verb.
What is the past tense of push past?
The past tense of push past is pushed past.

Words near push past in the dictionary

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

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