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pushing on

pushing on is the present participle and gerund 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 pushing on

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

Words near pushing on in the dictionary

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

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