push one's way

verb

to make one's way by pushing.

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Meanings

verbpush one's way (third-person singular simple present pushes one's way, present participle pushing one's way, simple past and past participle pushed one's way)

present singular third person pushes one's way · participle present pushing one's way · participle past pushed one's way · past pushed one's way

  1. idiomaticto make one's way by pushing.

    As soon as we had come to a stand in Kamina Station, a swarm of porters pushed their way into the compartment to get my luggage. I selected one, and ordered the others out, and then detrained.

    1958 February 28, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 125
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APA

push one's way. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push%20one's%20way

MLA

“push one's way.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push%20one's%20way. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “push one's way,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push%20one's%20way.

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