pushed

/ pʊʃt /

adjective

1. informal,  (often foll by for) short (of) or in need (of time, money, etc)

Example Sentences

The humanitarian crisis resulting from the Gaza war has pushed Democrats even further away from Israel.

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Fratini has been helping migrants sue Italy after they were seized in the Mediterranean by Libya and pushed back to detention centres there.

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The my brother pushed me out of the pram and I broke my leg, and while it was in plaster they said I always wanted a football.

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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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Prince Andrew has voluntarily given up the use of his titles - but he was clearly under pressure to jump before he was pushed.

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