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PUSH DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does push down mean? 

PUSH DOWN (verb)
  The verb PUSH DOWN has 1 sense:

1. cause to come or go downplay

  Familiarity information: PUSH DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUSH DOWN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to come or go down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cut down; down; knock down; pull down; push down

Context example:

The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet

Hypernyms (to "push down" is one way to...):

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "push down"):

submarine (bring down with a blow to the legs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something


 Context examples 


The extra weight of the water will push down on the floating ice, causing it to sink a bit further into the sea.

(Surface lakes cause Antarctic ice shelves to ‘flex’, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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