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pushing around

pushing around is the present participle and gerund 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 pushing around

What is pushing around the present participle and gerund of?
Pushing around is the present participle and gerund of push around.

Words near pushing around in the dictionary

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

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