push
verb (used with object)
to press upon or against (a person or thing).
had pushed
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past perfectof push.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The author sent Randy Garutti, the man who had pushed Mr. Meyer to open a second Shake Shack two years earlier, to Dubai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Newsom, who had pushed for a settlement, has called the agreement a “win for California workers and our creative economy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Jamal Al-Mashraqi, an official overseeing work in Hodeida province's displacement camps, said the violence had pushed about 7,500 people to seek refuge in the Hays and Khokha districts alone.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Wendy Charnley and her husband Rob had "pushed the boat out" to celebrate his retirement by booking a cruise on the Isla in April 2025 departing from Amsterdam.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It wasn’t by choice, and he wasn’t alone: massive unemployment in Italy had pushed many Italians to emigrate.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
