push on

verb

pushed on; pushing on; pushes on

intransitive verb

: to continue on one's way : proceed

Examples of push on in a Sentence

the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday was pushed on whether Trump had undergone a cancer screening last month during his annual physical. Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2025 The magnets drive a membrane that rapidly wiggles back and forth, pushing on the surrounding air. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025 Returning to the balloon image, holding your breath during physical intensity is like pushing on the balloon from the top. Dana Solomon, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025 In the pursuit of an amorphous vision of progress, its aggressive push on the limits of scale has rewritten the rules for a new era of AI development. Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for push on

Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of push on was in 1602

Cite this Entry

“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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