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push shit uphill

push shit uphill verb: attempting to do something with great difficulty generally with little chance of success.

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, slang, vulgar) Attempting to do something with great difficulty generally with little chance of success.
    • 'Well, the makers had to push shit uphill to get it approved for consumption. Apparently the FDA knocked it back eight times because one of its ingredients converts to formaldehyde in the body,' I explained.2012, Tamra Mercieca, Getting Naked: The Dating Game, page 161

Forms of push shit uphill

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

Questions about push shit uphill

What does push shit uphill mean?
Push shit uphill means attempting to do something with great difficulty generally with little chance of success.
What part of speech is push shit uphill?
Push shit uphill is a verb.
What is the past tense of push shit uphill?
The past tense of push shit uphill is pushed shit uphill.

Words near push shit uphill in the dictionary

  1. push rim
  2. push rims
  3. push rope
  4. push scooter
  5. push scooters
  6. push shit uphill
  7. push shot
  8. push shots
  9. push someone's buttons
  10. push string uphill
  11. push the boat out

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