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pushes the envelope

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

Meaning of push the envelope

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To go beyond established limits; to pioneer.
    • They pushed the envelope on pricing derivatives.

Questions about pushes the envelope

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

Words near pushes the envelope in the dictionary

  1. pushes rope
  2. pushes someone's buttons
  3. pushes string uphill
  4. pushes the boat out
  5. pushes the edge of the envelope
  6. pushes the envelope
  7. pushes the limit
  8. pushes the right buttons
  9. pushes through
  10. pushes together
  11. pushes under

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