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

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2025

It’s not a side salad or a starter or something you push around while drinking rosé.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

Not a great line but solid enough to protect Daniel Jones and push around a bad Cowboys run defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

That push around ticket sales will continue with the hope that Parisiens coming back from their traditional French holidays - ‘Les Vacances’ - will get involved.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

I am an island in the hall as people push around me.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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