push around

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

Example Sentences

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

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Like how a child might say “Wheeee!” while being pushed around in a shopping cart.

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They are getting pushed around out there and it’s only going to get uglier.

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Presumably, that made them easier to push around.

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"I wanted to explore how there can be decent people in politics who are fundamentally good but get pushed around," he says.

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Related Words

• bludgeon 
• bully 
• daunt 
• dishearten 
• embarrass 
• faze 
• frighten 
• rattle 
• strong-arm 
• subdue 
• terrorize 
• unnerve