Meaning

2 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, around.

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully

More definitions
  • be bossy towards

Examples

36 sentences
  1. Are you going to let Tom push you around?

    Ти дозволиш Тому помикати тобою?

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  2. I'm not going to let Tom push me around.

    Я не дозволю Тому помикати мною.

    ruЯ не позволю Тому помыкать мной.

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  3. Tom pushes Mary around.

    Том зневажає Мері.

    ruТом помыкает Мэри.

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  4. Don't let Tom push you around.

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  5. You shouldn't let Tom push you around.

    deDu solltest dich von Tom nicht herumschubsen lassen.

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Forms

pushes around, pushing around, pushed around, pushed around
Base formpush around · to push around
3rd person singularpushes around
Present participlepushing around
Past simplepushed around
Past participlepushed around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypush around
he, she, itpushes around

Past simpleLesson

all personspushed around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pushed around
he, she, ithas pushed around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill push around

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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