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

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.

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The money, then, is largely just pushed around.

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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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• subdue 
• terrorize 
• unnerve