push
/pʊʃ/ v [T] (PERSUADE FORCEFULLY)Definition
› to try to persuade someone forcefully to do or accept something: She’s pushing me for an answer. The administration is pushing its new trade agreement with Mexico. infml This restaurant is pushing its carrot soup today (= trying to get people to order it).
(Definition of push v (PERSUADE FORCEFULLY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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