push it | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To make anextraordinaryorriskyeffort; to behave in a way whichteststhelimits; toexpecttoo much.1900,Anthony Hope, chapter 20, inTristram of Blent:"No hurry, give me time"—"don'tpush it"—"wait"—"do nothing"—"the status quo"—all these various phrases expressed Lord Southend's earnest and re-iterated advice."1989December 30,Frank Litsky, “Giants' Johnson Practicing Again”, inNew York Times, retrieved29 August 2013:This season, Johnson's back spasms returned after five games and he underwent surgery again. . . . "If it comes around well, I might be able to play. I'm not going topush it."2008July 24, Bill Powell, “100 Olympic Athletes To Watch: Yao Ming”, inTime, retrieved29 August 2013:[V]arious physicians in the U.S. have been quoted as saying that coming back this quickly from his particular injury ispushing it.2010,Andre Dubus,Adultery & Other Choices‎[1],→ISBN:"Sometimes she lets me touch her, just the breasts you see, and that's fine, I don'tpush it."

Examples:

EN: Don't push it, pal.
ES: No abuses.
EN: When you push it back, it goes into that groove at the side.
ES: Cuando abriste se metió en la hendidura a este lado.
EN: - Don't push it up until l tell you.
ES: Tienes que empujar cuando yo lo diga.
EN: Now push it up slowly and be careful!
ES: Pasalo ahora pero lentamente hacia arriba.
EN: Now push it down to the dump.
ES: Empujadlo hasta el vertedero.
EN: I've always told you, do not push it too far.
ES: Siempre se lo había dicho, no lleve Ud. las cosas demasiado lejos.
EN: - Why not push it a bit further?
ES: Empuja un poco más, total.
EN: Well, push it up, that one.
ES: Sube ese baúl.
EN: All right, boys, push it in.
ES: Muy bien, muchachos, derríbenla.
EN: Now I shall push it doubly hard.
ES: Ahora presionaré con mucha más fuerza.
EN: They can push it through.
ES: Pueden hacerlo.
EN: [Umbopa] Curtis, we must push it clear.
ES: Curtis, debemos empujar.
EN: I had to push it for miles.
ES: Tuve que empujar el coche.
EN: Yeah, but when you push it down.
ES: - Pero si lo bajas...
EN: Now that it's legal to sell it and you don't have to push it, you just watch Marko sail ahead.
ES: Ahora que es legal y no hay que contrabandear... verás progresar a Marco.

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