push around

verb

pushed around; pushing around; pushes around

transitive verb

: to impose on contemptuously : bully

Examples of push around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There’s certainly enough cap space to add players who would make San Jose a more difficult team to push around. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024 Ships as large as the Dali must maintain a certain speed to avoid being pushed around by winds and currents. Landon Mion, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2024 The long-standing, state-of-the-art ultrasound machine that’s pushed around on a cart, with cables and multiple probes dangling, is being wheeled aside permanently in favor of handheld probes that send images to a phone. IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024 Former Browns defensive tackle Jordan Elliott has some pass-rush burst, sure, but during his entire career with the Browns, he was pushed around in the run game. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024 Volunteer Katie Sanders pushes around a cart stocked with drinks, selling beer to people in line. Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024 For whatever reason, the Cardinal got off to slow starts in all three of its games in the Pac-12 Tournament, which resulted in wins over Cal and Oregon State before getting pushed around to a surprising degree in a 71-64 title game loss to USC in Las Vegas. Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024 Government ministers and Fidesz legislators all declined to meet the senators, a snub that the government and its media machine celebrated as evidence that Hungary takes its own decisions and will not be pushed around. Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Candidates are making a final push around New Hampshire on Saturday as the Tuesday Granite State primary approaches. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'push around.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of push around was in 1923

Dictionary Entries Near push around

Cite this Entry

“Push around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20around. Accessed 4 May. 2024.

More from Merriam-Webster on push around

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!