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Meaning: (idiomatic)Topersist,persevere.Synonym:press on1815February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter II, inGuy Mannering; or, The Astrologer.[…], volume II, Edinburgh:[…]James Ballantyne and Co.forLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,[…]; andArchibald Constable and Co.,[…],→OCLC,page30:The rider, to whom the paths of these wilds seemed intimately known,pushed onat a rapid pace, managing, with much dexterity, to chuse the safest route,[…]1950April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, inRailway Magazine, page262:The object of the builders was topush onto Uganda as quickly as possible; one result was that Kenya was "discovered" on the way.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seepush,on.Push onthe door if it doesn't open automatically.
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