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pushes up against

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

Meaning of push up against

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To generate pressure on (someone or something); to challenge.
    • Beyond delivering services, Bobby brought his revolutionary nationalist theory to the job and used the opportunity to push up against the ideological bias in the government program.2016 October 25, Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin, Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 36
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, up against.

Questions about pushes up against

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

Words near pushes up against in the dictionary

  1. pushes the right buttons
  2. pushes through
  3. pushes together
  4. pushes under
  5. pushes up
  6. pushes up against
  7. pushes up daisies
  8. pushes up on
  9. pushes up the daisies
  10. pushes water uphill
  11. pushes wood

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