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pushing out

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

Meaning of push out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To force (someone) to leave a group.
    • One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have already thrown the towel in or been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express.2024 July 10, Christian Wolmar, “The future of the rail franchises is certainly uncertain”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 50
  2. (transitive) To extrude.
  3. (intransitive) To travel away from shore in a watercraft by physical effort.
    • The last of the morning flight of noisy wawas going fieldwards were streaming from the water when I pushed out in the canoe […]1914, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest, page 14

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

Words near pushing out in the dictionary

  1. pushing off
  2. pushing on
  3. pushing one's luck
  4. pushing one's way
  5. pushing one's way in
  6. pushing out
  7. pushing over
  8. pushing paper
  9. pushing papers
  10. pushing past
  11. pushing rope

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