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push something through (something)

1. Lit. to force something to penetrate something. Tony pushed the needle through the cloth, and drew the thread tight. He pushed the needle through just like a tailor.

2. Fig. to force passage of a motion or law. The committee chairman managed to push the bill through the committee. With a little lobbying, they pushed it through.

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It is very dark in the forest, but you must push through it till you come to an open place with a wall of rock behind it. Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context Sometimes he had to stumble along the bed of the stream, and sometimes he had to push through shrubs, dense and thorny; often he was obliged to climb over rocks in order to avoid the hornet-nests that hung on the trees over his head. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context			push along push around push aside push at push at an open door push back push buttons push down push down on push for push forward push in push into push luck push off push off on push on push out push out of push over push over the edge push past push the boat out push the envelope push the panic button push through push to push to the wall push too far push toward push up push up on pushing pushing up daisies pussyfoot around put a bee in bonnet put a bomb under put a brave face on put a cap on put a contract out on put a damper on put a dog off the scent put a foot wrong put a hold on put a horse out to pasture put a lid on Put a lid on it! put a plug in put a premium on put a price on put a rocket under			push plate push plate Push poll Push polling Push protocol Push Proxy Gateway Push Pull push rod push rod push someone or something around push someone or something around in something push someone up against the wall Push Stack Pointer Push technology Push The Big Red Button push the boat out Push the Button Push the Button, Dummy push the envelope push the envelope push the envelope push the envelope push the envelope Push the Freakin' Button push the panic button push the panic button push the panic button push the right button push the right buttons Push the Third Button Twice push through Push Through Protection Plate push to push to Push to Break Push to Hear Push to Media Push to Operate Push to talk Push to Talk over Cellular push to the wall push together push too far push too far push toward push toward push up push up push up push up push up Push up bra Push up bra Push Up Bras push up daisies push up daisies push up daisies push up daisies push up on push welding Push-2-talk

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