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pushing away

pushing away is the present participle and gerund of push away.

Meaning of push away

Verb

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

  1. (literally, transitive) To apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about (something unpleasant).
    • I think... I might've... failed Pomni. Just like I failed Jax. Try too hard to get on their good side, and then I just... end up pushing them away! And then they end up hating me!2025 August 15, Gooseworx, “They All Get Guns” (18:32 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 6, spoken by Ragatha (Amanda Hufford)

Questions about pushing away

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

Words near pushing away in the dictionary

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

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