push ahead

VERB

advance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accelerate achieve move up progress promote propel speed storm

STRONG

conquer dispatch drive elevate hasten launch march proceed quicken skyrocket

WEAK

bring forward come forward continue ahead continue on forge ahead gain ground get ahead get green light get there get with it go ahead go forth go forward go great guns go places go to town make headway make the scene move on move onward press on push on send forward step forward

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hinder

STRONG

cease halt hold keep retard stop

WEAK

back down decrease hesitate recede retreat retrogress take back turn withdraw yield

VERB

get along

Synonyms

WEAK

advance be off go go away leave march move move off move on proceed progress take a hike

Antonyms

WEAK

argue arrive bicker cease halt stop

Example Sentences

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Faraco said France decided to push ahead on its own after a proposal for a global fossil fuel roadmap was blocked at the COP30 climate summit in November.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Trump has said he plans to push ahead with plans to announce Powell’s replacement by the end of January.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

He was agreeable to the idea, he says, but didn't push ahead until meeting executive producer Jonathan Nolan.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

He also promised to push ahead with reforming the welfare system, which he said had "trapped people in poverty" and "wrote young people off as too ill to work".

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

She shakes her head as I push ahead to the next row.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

push ahead

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