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pushing on

VERB

leave; go to another place

Synonyms

WEAK

beat it continue depart exit fare get away get lost go go away hie hit the road journey keep going launch light out make oneself scarce make progress pass proceed process pull out quit repair shove off start take off travel wend withdraw

Antonyms

WEAK

arrive come

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pushing on

“We can ship higher-quality products much, much more quickly, and that’s because of all the innovation that we’ve been pushing on as it relates to AI,” Owen Jennings, the company’s business lead, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

In an era when even New Zealand is looking to increase defense spending, calling on Pacific partners to take on more of the defense burden is pushing on an open door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Another had Carlson pushing on the fact that more than 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

He played his 151st and final Wallabies Test last year after announcing his retirement from the international game, resisting the temptation of pushing on to a World Cup on home soil in 2027.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Since you can exert more force pulling and pushing on a lever than you can turning a crank, this is more efficient than a crank mechanism would be at lifting weights.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton