PUSH ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does push on mean? 

• PUSH ON (verb)
  The verb PUSH ON has 1 sense:

1. continue moving forward

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUSH ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Continue moving forward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

plough on; press on; push on

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

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

We must push on harder than ever; our help may be wanted soon.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I propose, therefore, that we push on as rapidly as possible, until I have demonstrated what you have come to see.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We must push on, Watson.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We must push on; we shall never feel happy till we get the launch in sight again.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)