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English verb: push up

1. push up (motion) push upward


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)force, push


Narrower (hyponym)boost up, uplift

2. push up (stative) push upward


SamplesThe front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air.


Synonymsthrust


Pattern of useSomething ----s.
Something is ----ing PP


Broader (hypernym)jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out


Verb groupthrust









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