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

The surgeon removes a small portion of the disc, or shock absorber, that has squirted out and is pushing on a nerve and causing pain. —Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024

This means that photons can push on an asteroid to change its spin: the rock absorbs light from the sun, then reemits that energy as infrared light. —Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024

Now, if there is a force pushing on an object, that object will accelerate—meaning its velocity will change. —Rhett Allain, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2024

Donald Trump and his supporters are not entirely wrong that Harris was not pushed on some areas of vulnerability during the debate. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above