push on

verb

pushed on; pushing on; pushes on

intransitive verb

: to continue on one's way : proceed

Synonyms

• bail
• bail out
• begone
• book [slang]
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off [British slang]
• buzz (off)
• clear off [chiefly British]
• clear out
• cut out
• depart
• dig out
• exit
• get
• get off
• go
• go off
• move
• pack (up or off)
• part
• peel off
• pike (out or off)
• pull out
• push off
• quit
• run along
• sally (forth)
• scarper [British]
• shove (off)
• step (along)
• take off
• vamoose
• walk out

Examples of push on in a Sentence

the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on

Recent Examples on the Web

That film, and numerous other high-profile titles, were pushed on streaming the same day as theatrical release in 2021 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. —Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024

The video shows Torres pushing on the suitcase and trying to get out, the affidavit said. —Zoe Sottile, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024

This force pushing on the balloon is proportional to the cross-sectional area. —Rhett Allain, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024

Eighteen House Republicans, including Valadao and Lawler, signed onto a letter in August urging Johnson not to repeal the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's biggest legislative push on climate. —Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above