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Definition of Push down

1. Verb. Cause to come or go down. "The fighter managed to push down his opponent"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Push Down

Literary usage of Push down

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

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"To make one further trial of known winning positions before examining a random position, push down the 12,11 to the right, and then 15 up, ..."

2. The Beacon Primer by James Hiram Fassett, G. A. Harker (1912)
"give push down high See little Bess in the swing. She likes to swing up and down. See Bess swing up, up, up! See Bess swing down, down, down! ..."

3. Familiar Science Studies by Richard Anthony Proctor (1882)
"push down next the 8 block. Then there are six displacements (9, 10, n preceding instead of following 8, and 13, 14, 15 preceding instead of following 12). ..."

4. Familiar Science Studies by Richard Anthony Proctor (1882)
"Push back the shifted blocks, resuming the won position ; and having shifted 15 to the corner square, push down successively 11, 7, and 3. ..."

5. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"... throw down anything which had been in an upright position ; to push down ; to fell: ... to push down ; (¡>.) to cut the hair of the Tul (King) of Tonga. ..."

6. A Malayalam and English Dictionary by Hermann Gundert (1872)
"5«si to push towards another. i to push off, deduct, annul, to push down; to overthrow. ... Anj. to push down, 5)n_i roi'goA Bhr. — ; to subvert. YN. ..."

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