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push through

verb

  1. (tr) to compel to accept

    the bill was pushed through Parliament

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She said that there is renewed urgency to push through the changes after a recent U.S.

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Muir claims he has faced numerous delays in pushing through strategies to tackle environmental concerns.

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Club history recounts how colonial officers, after the capital of British-ruled India shifted to Delhi, pushed through the forests using elephants to map the course through the overgrown ruins.

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The president is seeking to push through massive cuts to the federal bureaucracy during the shutdown.

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The government is scrambling to implement spending cuts and push through measures to narrow this yawning budget deficit to under 5% of gross domestic product.

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