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push around

Idioms  

  1. Treat or threaten to treat roughly, bully, domineer, as in I won't let him push me around. [Colloquial; c. 1920]

Example Sentences

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“I just got tired of being pushed around,” she said.

From Salon

Pets are much-loved in the city, where pampered pooches are often pushed around the streets in prams, and shops selling animal outfits dot many neighbourhoods.

From Barron's

How the Jaguars can win: Jacksonville can look like a playoff team when it wins at the line of scrimmage but tends to collapse when it gets pushed around.

From Los Angeles Times

The money, then, is largely just pushed around.

From The Wall Street Journal

Expect kids in skate parks to rip around you while you push around at half-speed.

From The Wall Street Journal

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