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push the limit

push the limit verb: to do something that fully exerts one's physical capability.

Verb

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

  1. To do something that fully exerts one's physical capability.
  2. To break a record.

Forms of push the limit

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

Questions about push the limit

What does push the limit mean?
Push the limit means to do something that fully exerts one's physical capability.
What part of speech is push the limit?
Push the limit is a verb.
What is the past tense of push the limit?
The past tense of push the limit is pushed the limit.

Words near push the limit in the dictionary

  1. push someone's buttons
  2. push string uphill
  3. push the boat out
  4. push the edge of the envelope
  5. push the envelope
  6. push the limit
  7. push the right buttons
  8. push through
  9. push time
  10. push times
  11. push together

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