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pushes on

pushes on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pushes on

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

Words near pushes on in the dictionary

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

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