Antonyms for push on
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : poosh |
Phonetic Transcription : pʊʃ |
- abbreviate
- accept
- arrive
- back down
- be born
- be direct
- be willing
- break
- cease
- come
- complete
- condemn
- continue
- create
- damage
- decline
- decrease
- deny
- depart
- desist
- destroy
- disagree
- discontinue
- end
- enter
- face
- fail
- fall behind
- finish
- get
- go
- halt
- hesitate
- hinder
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- injure
- keep
- leave
- live
- lose
- lose ground
- maintain
- mismatch
- miss
- move
- quit
- recede
- receive
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- retard
- retreat
- retrogress
- return
- ruin
- rush
- shorten
- spoil
- stay
- stop
- surrender
- take
- take back
- turn
- use
- veto
- wait
- withdraw
- wreck
- yield
Definition of push on
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French poulser (Modern French pousser), from Latin pulsare "to beat, strike, push," frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to push, drive, beat" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "promote" is from 1714; meaning "approach a certain age" is from 1937. For palatization of -s-, OED compares brush (n.1); quash. Related: Pushed; pushing.
- "Pushing up the daisies now," said a soldier of his dead comrade. ["The American Florist," vol. XLVIII, No. 1504, March 31, 1917]
- To push (someone) around is from 1923. To push (one's) luck is from 1754. To push the envelope in figurative sense is late 1980s. To push up daisies "be dead and buried" is from World War I.
- As in journey : verb travel
- As in pass : verb go by, elapse; move onward
- As in proceed : verb physically or mentally carry on, carry out
- As in push off/push on : verb leave; go to another place
- As in repair : verb leave; retire
- As in gain ground : verb make progress
- As in push off : verb leave
- As in peregrinate : verb journey
- As in continue : verb persist, carry on
- As in advance : verb move something forward, often quickly
- As in cruise : verb sail
- As in go : verb advance, proceed physically
Synonyms for push on
- abide
- abscond
- accelerate
- achieve
- advance
- apply
- approach
- beat it
- befall
- betake oneself
- blow
- blow past
- boat
- bring forward
- bug out
- carry forward
- catch
- circuit
- coast
- come forward
- come off
- come to pass
- come up
- conquer
- continue
- continue ahead
- continue on
- crawl
- cross
- cruise
- decamp
- depart
- develop
- dispatch
- drag
- draw out
- drift
- drive
- elevate
- endure
- escape
- exit
- extend
- fall out
- fare
- flee
- flow
- fly
- fly by
- forge ahead
- gad
- gain ground
- gallivant
- get
- get ahead
- get away
- get going
- get green light
- get lost
- get off
- get on with
- get on with it
- get there
- get under way
- get with it
- give
- glide
- glide by
- globe trot
- go
- go ahead
- go away
- go forth
- go forward
- go great guns
- go on
- go past
- go places
- go to town
- hang in
- happen
- hasten
- head for
- hie
- hightail
- hit the road
- hop
- jaunt
- jet
- journey
- junket
- keep at
- keep going
- keep on
- keep on truckin'
- keep steady pace
- keep the ball rolling
- keep up
- knock about
- lam
- lapse
- last
- launch
- leave
- lengthen
- light out
- linger
- live on
- loiter
- maintain
- make a break for it
- make a start
- make for
- make headway
- make one's way
- make oneself scarce
- make progress
- make the scene
- make up for lost time
- march
- meander
- mosey
- move
- move ahead
- move on
- move onward
- move out
- move up
- navigate
- near
- never cease
- occur
- outlast
- outlive
- pass
- pass away
- pass by
- perdure
- peregrinate
- persevere
- persist in
- pick up speed
- press forward
- press on
- proceed
- proceed forward
- process
- progress
- project
- prolong
- promote
- propel
- pull out
- pursue
- push ahead
- push off
- push on
- quicken
- quit
- ramble
- range
- reach
- recur
- refer
- remain
- remove
- repair
- resort
- rest
- retire
- ride
- rise
- roam
- roll
- rove
- run
- run along
- run away
- run by
- run on
- run out
- safari
- send forward
- set in motion
- set off
- set off for
- shove off
- skip out
- skyrocket
- slip away
- speed
- split
- stand
- start
- stay
- stay on
- step forward
- stick at
- stick to
- storm
- survive
- sustain
- take a hike
- take a powder
- take a trip
- take flight
- take leave
- take off
- take place
- tour
- transpire
- travel
- traverse
- trek
- trip
- turn
- uphold
- vamoose
- voyage
- wander
- wander about
- wend
- withdraw
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