push on

English

Verb

push on (third-person singular simple present pushes on, present participle pushing on, simple past and past participle pushed on)

1. (idiomatic) To persist, persevere.

   Synonym: press on

   • 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter II, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, page 30:

     The rider, to whom the paths of these wilds seemed intimately known, pushed on at a rapid pace, managing, with much dexterity, to chuse the safest route, […]

   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:

     The object of the builders was to push on to Uganda as quickly as possible; one result was that Kenya was "discovered" on the way.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push,‎ on.

   Push on the door if it doesn't open automatically.

Anagrams

• nosh-up, unposh