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push through

noun, adj, verb — 7 senses

push-through

nounalso spelled push-through
1

A narrow passageway through.

  • Twas hard to believe a whale that big could get herself into the pond. Certainly, there was no water for her in the pushthrough, and even the south gut never had no more'n two fathom and a half since ever I see it. But there she was, and looking twice as big as life.1985, Farley Mowat, A Whale for the Killing, page 84:
2

A device for cleaning a rifle bore.

  • Greener's ‘push through’ invention works well with very small bores.

push-through

adj
1

That is pushed through; especially designating something that is operated by being pushed through (something else).

  • The push-through tab on canned drink was first sold in 1973.

push through

verb
1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, through.

  • The corridor was so packed with people that I had to push through.
2

Figuratively To force (legislation or a plan) to be passed or agreed to or a decision to be reached.

  • He pushed the scheme through before anybody analyzed it thoroughly.
  • We can push the rule through the committee by the end of the year.
3

Figuratively To overcome (pain, discomfort, etc.) by force or willpower; to keep moving (someone or something) along in a process.

  • No matter the dangers, we have to push through.
  • The lobby will get mobbed if you don't push people through quickly.
4

Philippines, Especially, Figuratively, With to or with To continue or proceed.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for push-through and push through.