Definition of Push on

1. Verb. Continue moving forward.

Exact synonyms: Plough On, Press On
Generic synonyms: Advance, Go On, March On, Move On, Pass On, Progress

Definition of Push on

1. Verb. To persist; persevere ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Push On

push aside
push away
push back
push backs
push broom
push brooms
push bunt
push bunts
push dagger
push down
push factor
push forward
push in
push off
push on
push one's luck
push out
push poll
push scooter
push scooters
push the boat out
push the envelope
push through
push up
pushable
pushback
pushbacks
pushball

Literary usage of Push on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"I then rode along the line of the Nineteenth and Sixth corps, ordered their advance, and directed Wilson, who was on the left flank, to push on and gain the ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... by which selfish men push on ; he bore life's disappointments, and he was disappointed in some reasonable hopes and anticipations, with good nature and ..."

3. The New Laokoon: An Essay on the Confusion of the Arts by Irving Babbitt (1910)
"... and other French admirers of Poe, attempted to push on still further toward the Eldorado of musical sug- ..."

4. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"The English were thus free to push on southwards towards the Loire. ... Defeat of de Richemont. The English push on towards the Loire. ..."

5. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"Zanzibar.—Fitting Out.— Disadvantages of having arrived with Sir B. Frere's Mission.—Difficulties in obtaining Men. —Ordered to push on.—Ill-advised Haste. ..."

6. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"The English were thus free to push on southwards towards the Loire, ~ About June Sir R. Hungerford and Sir R. Stafford took on towards over 400 men to ..."

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