Definition of Push out

1. Verb. Push to thrust outward.

Exact synonyms: Obtrude, Thrust Out
Generic synonyms: Force, Push
Derivative terms: Obtrusive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Push Out

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 (current term)
push poll
push scooter
push scooters
push the boat out
push the envelope
push through
push up
pushable
pushback
pushbacks
pushball
pushbike

Literary usage of Push out

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

1. Greenhouse and Stove Plants, Flowering and Fine-leaved, Palms, Ferns, and by Thomas Baines (1885)
"... which will cause the stool to push out a number of shoots, or several rooted cuttings may be put together na good-sized pot and treated in other ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English; with Numerous by William Owen Pughe (1832)
"... to push out ; to render acute Ada/, a hand, what takes hold. A/, that is drawn or stretched ont. ..."

3. The Natural Speller and Word Book by S. Kupfer, Lillian Kupfer (1890)
"The bud swells, the leaves push out, the flowers form, and then comes the fruit. Some of the buds of trees are entirely covered with brown scales by which ..."

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