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pushed out

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

Meaning of push out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To force (someone) to leave a group.
    • One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have already thrown the towel in or been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express.2024 July 10, Christian Wolmar, “The future of the rail franchises is certainly uncertain”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 50
  2. (transitive) To extrude.
  3. (intransitive) To travel away from shore in a watercraft by physical effort.
    • The last of the morning flight of noisy wawas going fieldwards were streaming from the water when I pushed out in the canoe […]1914, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest, page 14

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

Words near pushed out in the dictionary

  1. pushed off
  2. pushed on
  3. pushed one's luck
  4. pushed one's way
  5. pushed one's way in
  6. pushed out
  7. pushed over
  8. pushed paper
  9. pushed papers
  10. pushed past
  11. pushed rope

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