Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To jump the queue, especially in a forceful manner.

    Don't push in! Go to the back of the queue!

  2. (intransitive)To move a camera closer to its subject (resulting in a similar effect as zooming in, in which the camera is still but the focal length is adjusted).

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, in.

Examples

35 sentences
  1. Tom pushed me into the pool, so I got out and pushed him in.

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  2. The people pushed their way in.

    deDie Leute drängten hinein.

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  3. They push boundaries in their field.

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  4. My cousin pushed me in the water.

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  5. Don't push your agenda in our name.

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Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personspushed in

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill push in

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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