push (someone or something) about in (something)

push (someone or something) about in (something)

To move someone or something forward or from place to place while situated inside of some means of transport. I loved going to the grocery store with my parents and having them push me about in the shopping cart. I had to push the boxes about in this rickety old cart that I could steer.

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push someone or something about in something

 and push someone or something around in something; push someone or something around

to propel someone or something about on wheels. Freddie pushed his brother about in the wagon. The nurse pushed around Aunt Mary in her wheelchair.

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