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Definition of Push on
1. Verb. Continue moving forward.
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
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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