push around
push around · pushes around · pushed around · pushing around
хуліган
запугать, запугивать, задирать
herumkommandieren
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, aroundUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, around.
» Are you going to let Tom push you around?
Ти дозволиш Тому помикати тобою?
Meaning
2 sensesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, around.
(figuratively, transitive)To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
More definitions
- be bossy towards
Examples
36 sentencesAre you going to let Tom push you around?
Ти дозволиш Тому помикати тобою?
I'm not going to let Tom push me around.
Я не дозволю Тому помикати мною.
ruЯ не позволю Тому помыкать мной.
Tom pushes Mary around.
Том зневажає Мері.
ruТом помыкает Мэри.
Don't let Tom push you around.
You shouldn't let Tom push you around.
deDu solltest dich von Tom nicht herumschubsen lassen.
Forms
pushes around, pushing around, pushed around, pushed around| Base form | push around · to push around |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | pushes around |
| Present participle | pushing around |
| Past simple | pushed around |
| Past participle | pushed around |
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)
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- be bossy towards:strong-armbullybrowbeatbullyragballyragboss aroundhector
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