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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]


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And he seems prepared to push around everyone else to get it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Presumably, that made them easier to push around.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 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 push around the furs and find Tigris has slid back a panel at the base of the wall.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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