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
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Radiation pressure from the burgeoning star at the heart of the disk is usually what determines the lifetime of a disk, but the process is more efficient when there are heavy, dust-forming elements present in the disk for the star's photons to push on.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the Clippers keep pushing on without Leonard, who watched the game from the bench on his bobblehead night.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
There would not be another major U.S. push on humanitarian conditions in Gaza until the October letter.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2024
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
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the Clippers keep pushing on without Leonard, who watched the game from the bench on his bobblehead night.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
There would not be another major U.S. push on humanitarian conditions in Gaza until the October letter.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2024
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
See all Example Sentences for push on
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“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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