push water uphill
push water uphill · pushes water uphill · pushed water uphill · pushing water uphill
To try to achieve a goal despite huge resistance or nearly futile awkwardness, the…To try to achieve a goal despite huge resistance or nearly futile awkwardness, the task being an uphill battle.
» Like someone pushing a donkey uphill.
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1 senses(idiomatic)To try to achieve a goal despite huge resistance or nearly futile awkwardness, the task being an uphill battle.
Examples
1 sentencesLike someone pushing a donkey uphill.
Forms
pushes water uphill, pushing water uphill, pushed water uphill, pushed water uphill| Base form | push water uphill · to push water uphill |
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| 3rd person singular | pushes water uphill |
| Present participle | pushing water uphill |
| Past simple | pushed water uphill |
| Past participle | pushed water uphill |
irregular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle