to push on

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to push on - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Push \Push\, v. i.
     1. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or
        with a sword. --Shak.
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     2. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic;
        as, a man must push in order to succeed.
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              At the time of the end shall the kind of the south
              push at him and the king of the north shall come
              against him.                          --Dan. xi. 40.
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              War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length
              Both sides resolved to push, we tried our strength.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
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     To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten.
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              The rider pushed on at a rapid pace.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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