Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
Examples of push on in a Sentence
the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on
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The reality that Trump and Musk are pushing on us is anything but accurate.
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
A lot of agendas get pushed on a lot of different platforms that may shadow us.
—Lucy Feldman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
That blueprint could be handed quite the boon if Nandy pushes on with her plan.
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Shaw is a savvy reader of the game, comfortable with absorbing pressure and using it as momentum to push on with her attacking movement.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
A lot of agendas get pushed on a lot of different platforms that may shadow us.
—Lucy Feldman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
That blueprint could be handed quite the boon if Nandy pushes on with her plan.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Shaw is a savvy reader of the game, comfortable with absorbing pressure and using it as momentum to push on with her attacking movement.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 25 Feb. 2025.
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