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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
To connect, No Boundaries is reaching out digitally, partnering with influencers, making pushes on TikTok and Instagram and has set up shop on Roblox.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 13 June 2024
Phillip pushes on, asking Cam’ron, as someone who knows Diddy personally (but again, not that personally), if Diddy’s behavior in the video was recognizable to him.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 21 May 2024
But Russian forces pushed on with their assault regardless.
—Richard Gowan, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2022
Newsom has been pushing on another front on homelessness and mental health, zeroing in on a narrower set of homeless people.
—Vik Jolly, Sacramento Bee, 3 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1602, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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