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pushes around

pushes around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of push around.

Meaning of push around

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, around.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
    • Yaki have just one natural predator, the reticulated python, but they have many enemies. Land clearers are pushing the monkeys around. Roadbuilders are hemming them in. And outlaw trappers have them running for their lives.2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-t...

Questions about pushes around

What is pushes around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pushes around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of push around.

Words near pushes around in the dictionary

  1. pushes
  2. pushes about
  3. pushes against an open door
  4. pushes along
  5. pushes and shoves
  6. pushes around
  7. pushes aside
  8. pushes away
  9. pushes back
  10. pushes daisies
  11. pushes down

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