push about
push about · pushes about · pushed about · pushing about
To treat contemptuously and unfairlyTo treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
» If you stand there, you will be pushed about by those passing by.
Meaning
1 sensesTo treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
Examples
1 sentencesIf you stand there, you will be pushed about by those passing by.
Forms
pushes about, pushing about, pushed about, pushed about| Base form | push about · to push about |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | pushes about |
| Present participle | pushing about |
| Past simple | pushed about |
| Past participle | pushed about |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- push offвід'їхати, від'їжджатиTo go away; to get lost.
- push outнав'язувати, нав'язуватисяTo force (someone) to leave a group.
- push downвпускати, впуститиTo force downwards (literally or figuratively).
- push backвести, їхатиTo refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
- push awayвідштовхувати, відштовхнутиTo apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position.
- push aroundхуліганUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, around.
- push throughвивергати, вивергатисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, through.
- push forwardпросувати, просунутиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, forward.
More 8
- push asideігнорувати, проігноруватиTo ignore, reject or subdue (something).
- push upTo make (something) higher; to increase.
- push onTo persist, persevere.
- push inTo jump the queue, especially in a forceful manner.
- push overTo push something such that it falls.
- push alongSynonym of push on.
- push aboutTo treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
- push underTo hide or repress (emotion)
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb