push one's way en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) to make one's way by pushing.
As soon as we had come to a stand in Kamina Station, a swarm of porters pushed their way into the compartment to get my luggage. I selected one, and ordered the others out, and then detrained.
1958 February 14, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 125:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pushing one's way | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pushes one's way | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| pushed one's way | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pushed one's way | Tense=Past | lexicographic |