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Meaning of push-through | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A narrow passageway through.
  2. A device for cleaning a rifle bore.

Equivalents

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Examples

“Twas hard to believe a whale that big could get herself into the pond. Certainly, there was no water for her in the pushthrough, and even the south gut never had no more'n two fathom and a half since ever I see it. But there she was, and looking twice as big as life.”
“Greener's ‘push through’ invention works well with very small bores.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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