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pushed on

pushed on is the simple past and past participle of push on.

Meaning of push on

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To persist, persevere.
    • The rider, to whom the paths of these wilds seemed intimately known, pushed on at a rapid pace, managing, with much dexterity, to chuse the safest route, […]1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter II, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and...
    Synonyms:
    press on
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, on.
    • Push on the door if it doesn't open automatically.

Questions about pushed on

What is pushed on the simple past and past participle of?
Pushed on is the simple past and past participle of push on.

Words near pushed on in the dictionary

  1. pushed in
  2. pushed into the long grass
  3. pushed it
  4. pushed moraine
  5. pushed off
  6. pushed on
  7. pushed one's luck
  8. pushed one's way
  9. pushed one's way in
  10. pushed out
  11. pushed over

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