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push under

push under verb: to hide or repress (emotion).

Verb

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

  1. To hide or repress (emotion)
    • The "sensible" person, in contrast, recognizes that the yearning cannot be stilled, so he tries instead to push it under. This isn't successful either, for the longing keeps surfacing, and his attempts to repress it must constantly be renewed.1999, Marva J. Dawn, A Royal "Waste" of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World

Forms of push under

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

Questions about push under

What does push under mean?
Push under means to hide or repress (emotion).
What part of speech is push under?
Push under is a verb.
What is the past tense of push under?
The past tense of push under is pushed under.

Words near push under in the dictionary

  1. push the right buttons
  2. push through
  3. push time
  4. push times
  5. push together
  6. push under
  7. push up
  8. push up against
  9. push up daisies
  10. push up on
  11. push up the daisies

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