push it
idiom
informal
: to continue to do or to try to do something when one should stop
If your mom already said "no" two times, don't push it.
You've won a lot of money, but don't push it or you could lose it all.
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Further research is underway to make a more potent version of the compound, push it to critical trials and deploy the CANDiT technology in studies of different tumor types.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Others hope to push it in the same direction as Oklahoma.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
After receiving good feedback, the company decided to push it out.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The wand was also able to not only separate out each of my hair strands but push it up for maximum smoothing action.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Others hope to push it in the same direction as Oklahoma.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
After receiving good feedback, the company decided to push it out.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The wand was also able to not only separate out each of my hair strands but push it up for maximum smoothing action.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Push it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20it. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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