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  • push luck — push (your) luck to expect good things to continue to happen because they have in the past. I was fortunate to survive the crash, and there was no point pushing my luck by continuing to race. Usage notes: often used in the phrase don t push your… …   New idioms dictionary

  • push your luck — push it/push your luck/informal phrase to take a big risk by doing something that is likely to cause you trouble I think you’re pushing your luck asking for another pay rise. Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: push …   Useful english dictionary

  • push it — push it/push your luck/informal phrase to take a big risk by doing something that is likely to cause you trouble I think you’re pushing your luck asking for another pay rise. Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • push your luck — push (your) luck to expect good things to continue to happen because they have in the past. I was fortunate to survive the crash, and there was no point pushing my luck by continuing to race. Usage notes: often used in the phrase don t push your… …   New idioms dictionary

  • push one's luck — See: PRESS ONE S LUCK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • push one's luck — See: PRESS ONE S LUCK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • push — ► VERB 1) exert force on (someone or something) so as to move them away from oneself or from the source of the force. 2) move (one s body or a part of it) forcefully into a specified position. 3) move forward by using force. 4) drive oneself or… …   English terms dictionary

  • push things — see ↑push, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑thing * * * push your ˈluck | ˈpush it/things idiom (informal) to take a risk because you have successfully avoided problems in the past • …   Useful english dictionary

  • luck — [luk] n. [ME lucke, prob. < MDu luk, contr. < gelucke < ODu * gilukki (> Ger glück, fortune, good luck) < ? IE base * leug , to bend (> LEEK, LOCK1): basic sense “what bends together,” hence, “what occurs, what is fitting, lucky …   English World dictionary

  • push — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. poulser, from L. pulsare to beat, strike, push, frequentative of pellere (pp. pulsus) to push, drive, beat (see PULSE (Cf. pulse) (1)). The noun is first recorded 1570. Meaning approach a certain age is from 1937. Meaning… …   Etymology dictionary

  • push one's luck — ► push one s luck informal take a risk on the assumption that one will continue to be successful. Main Entry: ↑push …   English terms dictionary

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