push(someone)toward(s)something
phrasal verbwithpushverbuk/pʊʃ/us/pʊʃ/
totryto do orachievesomething, or to make someone morelikelyto do orachievesomething:
It ishopedthat thesemeasureswillpushthenationtowardsrecovery.
[+ -ing verb]Newemploymentlawsareexpectedtopushmore women towardsworkingfull-time.
Causing somebody to act
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bouncesomeoneintosomething
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcibly
- holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- railroad
- reduce
- reducesomeonetosomething
- reimpose
- reimposition
- screw
- slap
- squeeze
- trap