hustle

/ˈhʌsl/ verb

Definition

PUSH [T] › to make someone move somewhere, especially by pushing them quickly: The security men hustled him out of the back door.

PERSUADE [I, T] informal › to try to persuade someone, especially to buy something, often illegally: to hustle for business/customers

(Definition of hustle verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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