Thesaurus / push on
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The sense of bearing on to the voice, or endeavoring to push the tone by any pressure whatever, should be absolutely avoided.
EXPRESSIVE VOICE CULTUREJESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICKThereupon the governor attacked him alone, and giving a violent push on the door, opened it.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSOne Turkish Company, about a hundred strong, was making an ugly push within rifle shot of our ship.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONA resolute push for quite a short period now might reconstruct the entire basis of our collective human life.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHis only chance of ultimate recovery was to push boldly forward, and to betray no fear of failure.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSMcNeil, his force now augmented by Shaffer's, resolved to push Porter to the limit, and if possible bring him to battle.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNStill, it will be healthier if we push out of this planetary system before someone else pushes in.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFEHe turned on me then, and give me such a push in the chest that I sit down on the floor–right suddent, too.
ALEC LLOYD, COWPUNCHERELEANOR GATESThere is no such thing as an exterior will outside the man's brain, to push one scale down with a finger.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDWORDS RELATED TO PUSH ON
- beating it
- continuing
- departing
- exiting
- faring
- get losing
- getting away
- going
- going away
- hieing
- hitting the road
- journeying
- keeping going
- launching
- lighting out
- making oneself scarce
- making progress
- passing
- proceeding
- processing
- pulling out
- quitting
- repairing
- shoving off
- starting
- taking off
- traveling
- wending
- withdrawing
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