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Meanings of push over in English

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Usage of push over in English
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I might as well have been trying to push over a building.
Skin Game
2
I tried to push over but I just couldn't get there, he said.
Reuters
3
Rosie, push over the marmalade, and don't upset the spoon on the table-cloth.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914
4
I thought he was a total push over and slightly odd.
News.com.au
5
Col glanced back at Eddie's face and decided to push over.
The drawing of the three
6
Why doesn't somebody give him a push over the brink and make him propose?
The Jolliest School of All
7
See, push over the chair-leavethe door open like you'd gone away before the storm.
The Man Thou Gavest
8
To push over land would be still more dangerous.
The Three Midshipmen
9
We could then push over the hills in different directions until we came upon the sheep.
American Big Game in Its Haunts: The Book of the Boone and Crock...
10
The smallest child gave an instinctive push over his forehead at the remark, and Zephaniah added,-
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 / A Magazin...
11
The boat was too heavy to push over.
The Second Jungle Book
12
Here is one weighing perhaps three or four hundredweight which I will try and push over.
Jethou; or, Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles
13
His story will be at the heart of their marketing push over the course of the campaign.
Wired
14
Wednesday, Mars will be in Aries, so that's definitely enough to push over any and all humps.
Ebony
15
Not liking the northern, I now decided to push over to the western horizon, which looked so flat.
Australia Twice Traversed / The Romance of Exploration, Being a ...
16
I believe she could fly if you gave her a push over the edge to start her off.
Monitress Merle
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