8 Most Common Phrasal Verbs with PUSH push in push off push on...

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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this

lesson I’m going to talk about some

phrasal verbs that use the word push so

these are expressions that feature the

verb push but have a slightly different

meaning from the basic meaning of push

let’s take a look okay let’s begin with

the first expression which is push off

to push off means to begin moving

usually we use this with a boat when we

say push off it’s like we’re pushing

away from some kind of like safety or

some kind of support we typically use

this for boats to mean moving away from

like a dock moving away from land moving

away from the part of the boat that’s

connected to some safety on land so we

use this like to refer to moving away

from a safe place but it tends to be

used a lot in boats an example of this

we pushed off at 8 a.m. so here it’s the

past tense we pushed off and the time we

pushed off at 8 a.m. means probably the

boat left the safe place at the dock at

8 a.m. so to push off means to begin

moving away from something away from

something some kind of support okay

let’s move along to the next expression

the next expression is to push by to

push by something or to push by someone

means to use a pushing motion to move

past someone or something we use this a

lot with people in a crowded situation

where you’re near someone else but you

would like to move past that person you

can use a slight pushing motion a gentle

pushing motion to move past that person

so you don’t want to maybe push them a

lot but you can alert the other person

you can tell the other person you’re

going to pass them with this expression

for example

I’m gonna push by you I’m gonna push by

your shows I’m going to push myself or

I’m maybe going to push something close

to you or I might push you a little bit

it refers to making a pushing motion to

move somewhere so to push by someone in

this case to push by you in other words

I’m going to make a pushing motion and

move past you it’s usually a small

pushing motion not a big one so this is

just a quick kind of alert phrase you

can tell someone as you move by them

okay let’s move along to the next

expression which is to push someone

around to push someone around means to

bully someone to bully someone so you

can imagine this is in a situation where

there is someone maybe higher level and

someone lower level this could be at

school it could be at work it could be

in groups of friends when you push

someone around you are unkind to them

you make unkind comments to them you ask

them to do lots of things for you for

kind of no reason just to use your power

over that person we use the expression

to push someone around to talk about

bullying someone like this an example

don’t let your boss push you around so

in other words don’t let your boss bully

you don’t let your boss make you do so

many things or don’t let your boss be

rude to you so to push someone around

it’s like you’re using them or you’re

not treating them with respect it’s not

a good thing it’s a negative expression

okay let’s move on to the next phrasal

verb the next phrasal verb is to push

limits to push limits you’ll hear this a

lot in technology news business perhaps

as well this expression means to work at

the extremes so you can imagine that

there’s some kind of boundary some kind

of limit in your field at your job in

your life so to push those limits means

to work there and try to expand those

boundaries you’re working it like the

extreme part of your job

or the extreme part of your industry

your knowledge or whatever it is in your

case and you’re trying to make that like

bigger you’re trying to expand that so

we use the expression push limits to

refer to that kind of thing a very

common example is we’re pushing the

limits of Technology

so here it’s the progressive tense we’re

pushing the limits of Technology in

other words we’re trying to make the

limits of Technology a little bit bigger

or we’re trying to go to the next step

kind of so we’re pushing the limits this

is an expression we use to talk about

like next generation things they’re kind

of evolution of some kind another way to

think of pushing limits is like doing

the impossible or working to do the

impossible so something that’s not

possible now may become possible through

your efforts so it’s like you’re trying

to do something that’s not possible in

the present but you want it to become

possible in the future you’re pushing

the limits of what’s available to you

now okay let’s move along to the next

phrasal verb then the next phrasal verb

is to push ahead I want to group this

with the next one in the list as well to

push ahead and to push along these have

quite similar meanings push ahead feels

a little more like to make efforts to

create forward progress to push ahead

like to the next step with something to

push ahead in a project to push ahead in

your business idea to push along is kind

of like to cause someone else to make

that forward progress so you can use it

for a project as well like you try to

push along a project but when we use

push along it’s like you’re trying to

kind of help something or help someone

else make forward progress so they tend

to be used in very similar ways but

perhaps there are some slight

differences in nuance we might use push

along more with people than push ahead

so as I said push ahead kind of feels

like making efforts to make for

progress to move to the next step with

something and then we can think of push

along as like moving something forward

or causing another person to move

forward as well so let’s take a look at

some example sentences first let’s push

ahead to the next step so let’s make

efforts to move to the next step in the

thing we are doing in the second example

sentence with push along I’ve used a

person here can you try to push him

along so can you try to motivate him to

encourage him try to push him along

meaning get him

motivate him to do his tasks or to do

the things he needs to do so we can go

to the next step so you’re trying to get

someone moving here so quite similar

ideas but maybe slight differences in

how they are used

okay let’s move along to the next

expression which is push back to push

back means to resist something to resist

something or to oppose something so this

is used a lot in politics and in

business in any kind of like discussion

where there’s a lot of disagreement to

push back against something usually

you’re opposing an idea opposing a

person opposing a policy so to push back

is to resist that or to oppose that an

example management pushed back against

our proposal so we made a proposal for

something in the office and management

opposed that they did not want to do

that thing they resisted so they pushed

back you might also hear this used as a

noun

push back push back so not to push back

but there was pushback against our

proposal so you can hear this used as a

phrasal verb or as a noun but they both

refer to resisting or opposing something

okay one more then for this lesson it is

to push for something to push for

something means to try to persuade

someone of something so if you really

really want to get something you’re

trying to convince someone

something is a good idea or you’re

trying to convince someone to give you

something we can use the expression push

for that thing to describe that so in

this example sentence it feels kind of

like you’re persuading yourself a little

bit like you’re trying to motivate

yourself making efforts for yourself for

your future you could also use this in

talking to other people and trying to

convince other people like trying to

push your boss for a raise for example

so it means you’re trying to convince

your boss or persuade your boss to give

you a raise a raise is increased salary

increased money at your job so pushing

for something is like you’re trying to

make efforts in order to achieve

something or to get something or to

convince someone of something so to push

for a thing okay so those are a few

examples of some phrasal verbs that use

the word push I hope that you found

something new here so keep an eye out

for these the next time you see them in

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