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Meanings of push on in English

Continue moving forward.

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Examples for "press on"
Examples for "press on"
1
The government has said it will press on with it this year.
Reuters
2
To the group at large he said, We need to press on.
Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon
3
I know we need to press on for the Order, for answers.
Ice Like Fire
4
President Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey could then press on with fighting.
Reuters
5
In fact the observations of 1842 were sent to press on Mar.
Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
1
SO they plough on, the good men and true of the National League.
The Irish Times
2
Once the facts had changed, it would have been wrong to plough on.
The Guardian
3
So he bent his head and tried to plough on through the drifts.
Christmas in Legend and Story: A Book for Boys and Girls
4
Yet the sense is inescapable that Maurizio Sarri cannot simply plough on like this.
The Irish Times
5
And that's how I feel about everything: you plough on.
The Guardian
Usage of push on in English
1
After that we push on to Australia; and after Australia New Zealand.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
2
I will push on past Philae, going all the way to Meroe.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
3
In spite of heavy losses, General Pershing never failed to push on.
Fields of Victory
4
Had he been wrong to let Hal push on alone to Calabria?
The new yorker
5
This leaves Rajoy two years to push on with his austerity drive.
The Guardian
6
If we push on a few yards more we shall reach it.
On the Banks of the Amazon
7
See what he does when I put full push on the projectors.
Triplanetary
8
When you push on its sides, the top and bottom will contract.
Wired
9
So he could have been planning to push on in that direction.
Enigma of China
10
Gaddafi's forces are very close to Benghazi and may now push on.
Reuters
11
I thought theirs should've been disallowed for a push on Tyrone Mings.
BBC
12
But Rodriguez determined to push on before the last war was over.
Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley
13
They resolved to push on to the lake before stopping for lunch.
Young Hunters of the Lake; or, Out with Rod and Gun
14
Still, I push on, finally making it to the very back room.
Before I fall
15
He decided to abandon Wully, and push on alone with the sheep.
Wild Animals I Have Known
16
Struggling back onto our feet, we push on with even more urgency.
Dark Matter
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Common
Australia
Common
New Zealand
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