press-up
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How to use press-up in a sentence
Soon the ford was filled, and the reindeer began to press up the narrow river valley.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppOnce more it came, and at the same moment she saw a drift of white press up against the window.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4) | Fiona MacleodYou just had to fight your way down through the hall, through the press up there.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIt may sound silly to you, but I used to press up against that glass like a kid at a shop window full of things he wanted.
The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver OnionsThe straps, A and B, press up against D, unless they are held down with the hand.
How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus | Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John
British Dictionary definitions for press-up
an exercise in which the body is alternately raised from and lowered to the floor by the arms only, the trunk being kept straight with the toes and hands resting on the floor: Also called (US and Canadian): push-up
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