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[ verb ] push upward

Used in print

(The Wall Street Journal...)

The higher price_supports provided by the new legislation , together with rising_prices for farm products , are pushing_up farm income , making it possible for farmers to afford the new machinery .

(The New Republic, 145: 19...)

Yet if Washington gets too indignant about Soviet fallout , it will have to do a_lot_of fast footwork if America decides it too must start pushing_up the radiation count .

Related terms

push boost_up uplift

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[ verb ] push upward

Synonyms

thrust

Examples

"The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"

Related terms

stick_out thrust push

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