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A n1 lit (shove, press) poussée f ; to give sb/sth a push pousser qn/qch ; the car won't start-we need a push la voiture ne veut pas démarrer-il faut la pousser ; at the push of a button en appuyant sur un bouton ;2 (campaign, drive) campagne f (for en faveur de ; to do pour faire) ;3 fig ( stimulus) impulsion f ; to give sth/sb a push encourager qch/qn ; this gave me the push I needed c'est ça qui m'a décidé à faire quelque chose ; to give sth a push in the right direction faire avancer qch dans la bonne direction ;5 (spirit, drive) esprit m battant.B vtr1 (move, shove, press) pousser [person, animal, chair, door, car, pram] ; appuyer sur [button, switch, bell] ; to push sb/sth away repousser qn/qch ; to push sth down/up sth pousser qch en bas/en haut de qch [hill, street] ; she pushed him down the stairs elle l'a poussé dans l'escalier ; to push sb/sth into pousser qn/qch dans [lake, ditch, house] ; to push one's finger/a stick into enfoncer son doigt/un bâton dans ; to push sth into sb's hand mettre qch de force dans la main de qn ; I pushed her in je l'ai poussée dedans ; to push sth to pousser qch jusqu'à [place, garage] ; to push sb/sth out of the way écarter qn/qch ; to push sb/a suggestion aside écarter qn/une suggestion ; to push one's way through sth se frayer un chemin à travers qch ; to push sth off the road enlever qch de la chaussée ; to push the door open/shut pousser la porte ; to push a thought to the back of one's mind repousser une pensée dans un coin de son esprit ;2 (urge, drive) pousser [pupil, person] (to do, into doing à faire) ; to push sb too hard trop pousser qn ; to push sb too far pousser qn à bout ; don't push me! ○ ne me pousse pas à bout! ; to be pushed ○ ( under pressure) être à la bourre ○ ; to be pushed for sth ○ ( short of) être à court de qch ;4 ○ ( sell) vendre [drugs].C vi pousser ; to get out and push sortir pour pousser ; ‘Push’ ‘Poussez’ ; there's no need to push! ce n'est pas la peine de pousser! ; to push against s'appuyer contre ; to push at sth repousser qch ; to push past sb bousculer qn ; to push through se frayer un chemin à travers [crowd, room].D v refl to push oneself to push oneself upright se redresser ; to push oneself into a sitting position se redresser en position assise ; to push oneself through the crowd se frayer un chemin à travers la foule ; to push oneself through a gap passer par un trou ; ( drive oneself) se pousser (to do à faire).at a push ○ GB s'il le faut ; if it comes to the push si on en vient à cette extrémité ; to be pushing 50 friser la cinquantaine ; to give sb the push ○ GB ( fire) virer qn ○ ; ( break up with) larguer qn ○ ; to push one's luck, to push it ○ forcer sa chance ; that's pushing it a bit! ○ ( cutting it fine) c'est un peu juste or risqué! ; when ou if push comes to shove ○ au pire.■ push around ○:▶ push [sb] around fig bousculer.■ push back:▶ push [sth] back, push back [sth] pousser [object, furniture] ; repousser [forest, shoreline] ; ramener [qch] en arrière [hair] ; repousser [army, enemy, frontier] ; repousser [date, meeting].■ push down:▶ push [sth] down, push down [sth] faire chuter [price, rate, temperature] ;▶ push down [sb], push [sb] down faire tomber [person].■ push for:▶ push for [sth] faire pression en faveur de [reform, action].■ push forward:▶ push [sth] forward, push forward [sth] faire valoir [idea, proposal] ; to push oneself forward se mettre en avant (as comme ; for pour).■ push in:▶ push in s'introduire dans la file ;▶ push [sth] in, push in [sth] enfoncer [button, door, window].■ push off1 ○ GB filer ○ ; push off! file! ;■ push on = push ahead.■ push over:▶ push over [sth/sb], push [sth/sb] over renverser [person, table, car].■ push through:▶ push [sth] through, push through [sth] faire voter [bill, legislation] ; faire passer [deal] ; to push through a passport application accélerer l'obtention d'un passeport ; to push a bill through parliament faire voter rapidement un projet de loi.■ push up:▶ push up [sth], push [sth] up faire monter [price, rate, unemployment]. -
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push [pʊ∫]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = shove) poussée f• to give sb/sth a push pousser qn/qchb. ( = dismissal) (British) (inf) to give sb the push [employer] virer qn (inf) ; [boyfriend, girlfriend] plaquer qn (inf !)• he got the push (from employer) il s'est fait virer (inf) ; (from girlfriend) il s'est fait plaquer (inf !)a. ( = press on) [+ door, person, car, pram] pousser ; [+ button] appuyer sur ; [+ stick, finger] enfoncer• don't push me! ne (me) poussez pas !► to push + preposition/adverb• to push sb/sth out of the way écarter qn/qchb. ( = advance) [+ one's views] mettre en avant ; [+ claim] présenter avec insistance ; [+ plan] essayer d'imposer ; [+ product] pousser la vente dec. ( = pressure) pousser• to push for better working conditions faire pression pour obtenir de meilleures conditions de travail4. compounds( = make progress) avancer à grands pasa. [+ toy] pousser dans tous les sens[+ person, chair] écarter (brusquement) ; [+ objection, suggestion] écarter[+ person, chair, one's plate, sb's hand] repousser► push ina. [+ stick, finger] enfoncer ; [+ person] pousser• they dragged him to the pool and pushed him in ils l'ont tiré jusqu'à la piscine et l'ont poussé dedansb. ( = break) [+ door] enfoncera. ( = cause to topple) renverserb. ( = cause to fall off) (over cliff, bridge) faire tombera. [+ stick, hand] (faire) passerb. [+ deal, decision] faire acceptera. [+ lever] (re)lever ; [+ spectacles] releverb. ( = increase) [+ numbers, sales] augmenter ; [+ prices, demand] faire monter* * *[pʊʃ] 1.1) lit (shove, press) poussée fto give somebody/something a push — pousser quelqu'un/quelque chose
2) (campaign, drive) campagne fto give something/somebody a push — encourager quelque chose/quelqu'un
to give something a push in the right direction — faire avancer quelque chose dans la bonne direction
4) Military poussée f5) (spirit, drive) esprit m battant2.transitive verb1) (move, shove, press) gen pousser; appuyer sur [button, switch, bell]to push somebody/something away — repousser quelqu'un/quelque chose
to push somebody/something out of the way — écarter quelqu'un/quelque chose
to push the door open —
to push somebody too far — fig pousser quelqu'un à bout
to be pushed — (colloq) ( under pressure) être à la bourre (colloq)
to be pushed for something — (colloq) ( short of) être à court de quelque chose
2) (colloq) ( promote) faire la promotion de [product]; promouvoir [policy, theory]3) (colloq) ( sell) vendre [drugs]3.intransitive verb pousser4.to push oneself through a gap — passer par un trou; ( drive oneself) se pousser ( to do à faire)
Phrasal Verbs:- push for- push in- push off- push on- push up••at a push — (colloq) GB s'il le faut
to give somebody the push — (colloq) GB ( fire) virer quelqu'un (colloq); ( break up with) larguer quelqu'un (colloq)
to push one's luck —
to push it — (colloq) forcer sa chance
that's pushing it a bit! — (colloq) ( cutting it fine) c'est un peu juste or risqué!
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