major push

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandpush

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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push
noun
uk
/pʊʃ/us
/pʊʃ/
the act of moving someone or something by pressing them with your hands ...
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(Definition ofmajorandpushfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmajor push

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This is amajorpushfactor.
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We should go for amajorpushon housing improvement.
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The thrust of these changes is to expand oversight of the forest estate, the firstmajorpushsince the high tide of forest reservation during the 1950s.
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At the same time, amajorpushis occurring on adult learning.
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The proposals represent amajorpushto revive young people's involvement in sport.
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The lastmajorpushfor congressional action came in 19961997.
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There is amajorpushto get more doctors involved, with considerable success so far, and 13 new recruits being added to the current 173.
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The need is there and the international will is clear, and, therefore, the circumstances should be right for amajorpush.
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There was amajorpushlast year—and it is still being maintained to some extent—to reduce waiting lists of more than two years' duration.
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There was amajorpushin the mid to late nineteenth century to liquefy all gases.
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Recently, however, liberal parties and institutions have made amajorpushfor political power.
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This led to amajorpushby the government to cut back spending in the welfare program.
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Amajorpushto meet national security response time and coverage requirements called for the development of an all-electronic steerable planar phased array radar.
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He was immediately booked in amajorpush, defeating almost the entirety of the heel locker room during the following two weeks.
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The effect was to straighten out the front line, which was thought necessary in preparation for a massive artillery bombardment with amajorpush.
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Automation of lights began early in the twentieth century, and amajorpushin the early 1960s relieved all but a few lighthouses of their keepers.
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