push oneself
Example Sentences
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It’s possible to push oneself a little further, especially with the app’s paid version.
From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023
It’s the willingness to push oneself to dig deeper and think harder.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2017
Work can be controlled: one can study harder, research deeper, push oneself further.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 23, 2015
In 24-hour racing, the goal is not to shave seconds from one’s time while running toward a finite distance, but to push oneself a few miles more before the clock runs out.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2013
Our expressions said severally, "No one can act as well as I, but it's rotten form to push oneself forward."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
