push around

verb

pushed around; pushing around; pushes around

transitive verb

: to impose on contemptuously : bully

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So don’t be pushed around by societal narratives of what the ultimate good looks like. Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Nov. 2024 Getting pushed around by a wave more powerful than himself, again and again, knocking him this way and that, almost teasing him before pulling him down forever. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024 The defense was pushed around, and the offense couldn’t sustain drives. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024 They were manhandled in their first Big Ten game, pushed around. Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for push around 

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of push around was in 1923

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“Push around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20around. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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