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Idiom

push one's way

Meaning

to make one's way by pushing.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He had to push his way through the crowd.”

“The concert was so packed that we had to push our way to the front.”

“Despite the heavy security at the entrance, the determined reporter managed to push his way into the private meeting to ask his questions.”

Examples

simple

“He had to push his way through the crowd.”

contextual

“The concert was so packed that we had to push our way to the front.”

complex

“Despite the heavy security at the entrance, the determined reporter managed to push his way into the private meeting to ask his questions.”

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