push around

verb

pushed around; pushing around; pushes around

transitive verb

: to impose on contemptuously : bully

Examples of push around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web They were manhandled in their first Big Ten game, pushed around. Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024 Not a great line but solid enough to protect Daniel Jones and push around a bad Cowboys run defense. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024 Gridlock being gridlock and government being slow, there's a good chance paper will still be getting pushed around by this time next year. Brady Dale, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024 The oil embargoes of the 1970s only hastened the pace of change: Auto steel now had to be both stronger and lighter, requiring less fuel to push around. John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for push around 

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Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 5 Nov. 2024.

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