Definition of Push aside

1. Verb. Push out of the way.

Exact synonyms: Push Away
Generic synonyms: Force, Push

2. Verb. Bar from attention or consideration. "She dismissed his advances"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Push Aside

push-down list
push-down queue
push-down stack
push-down storage
push-down store
push-pull
push-pull amplifier
push-start
push-through
push-up
push-up bra
push-up bras
push-ups
push around
push aside (current term)
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

Literary usage of Push aside

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

1. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"... and at the same time they may be selfish enough to have no scruple as to the means they may use to push aside others having the same object in view. ..."

2. Ecumenical Missionary Conference, New York, 1900 (1900)
"Let him push aside hate; let him push aside selfishness; let him push aside passion; let him push aside this that obscures his soul, and, looking down into ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"From G. schieben, to shove, as shown by Du. schuin, oblique, compared with E. shun, shunt, to push aside. G. verschieben, to put out of its place, ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"From G. schieben, to shove, as shown by Du. schuin, oblique, compared with E. shun, shunt, to push aside. G. verschieben, to put out of its place, ..."

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