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Meaning of push around | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, around.
  2. To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
    figuratively, transitive

Equivalents

Čeština sekýrovat
한국어 좌지우지
Svenska köra med
Tiếng Việt đưa đẩy

Examples

“2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ Yaki have just one natural predator, the reticulated python, but they have many enemies. Land clearers are pushing the monkeys around. Roadbuilders are hemming them in. And outlaw trappers have them running for their lives.”
“Pushing little children with their fully automatics they like to push the weak around.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

push aside push away push back push bike push biked push biking

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