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[ adjective ] marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
Synonyms Examples "an aggressive young executive" "a pushful insurance agent" "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world" Used in print (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)Youngish man on_the_make , Madden labeled him , and was ready to guess that in a correct , not too pushing fashion , the junior partner of the firm had political ambitions ; that Mrs._Garth would be impeccably suitable as the wife of a rising young lawyer ; that there were three children , two boys and a girl ; that she was active in the Woman 's Club and he in Lions , Rotary , and Jaycee ; and finally , that neither of them had harbored an unorthodox opinion since their wedding_day . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of applying force in order to move something away
Synonyms Examples "he gave the door a hard push" "the pushing is good exercise" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Mr._Claude is a specialist in torso development and he has long favored the now famous Weider_Push-Pull_Super-Set technique in which one exercise of the Super-Set is a pressing or `` pushing '' movement which accents one sector of a muscle group in a specific way , followed by a `` pulling '' exercise which works the opposing sector of the same muscle group . Related terms |
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