The meaning of PUSHING is marked by ambition, energy, enterprise, and initiative.

If you say that someone is pushing a particular age, you mean that they are nearly that age.

PUSHING definition: that pushes. See examples of pushing used in a sentence.

pushing (ˈpʊʃɪŋ) adj 1. enterprising, resourceful, or aggressively ambitious 2. impertinently self-assertive

uk / ˈpʊʃ.ɪŋ / us / ˈpʊʃ.ɪŋ / be pushing 50, 60, etc. Add to word list to be almost 50, 60, etc. years old:

to make one's way with effort or persistence, as against difficulty or opposition. thrust: The point of land pushed far out into the sea.

Push (novel), a 1996 novel by Sapphire Push (professional wrestling) PUSH (university guide), a British media organisation Push the Talking Trash Can, a Disney theme park robot Push, Iran, a village in …

Definition of push verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to use your hands, arms or body in order to make somebody/something move forward or away from you; to …

They kept pushing [= pressing] the issue. We need to get them to do something, but we don't want to push the point too much.

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