push down

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"I mean, there was a lot of push-down pressure within us. We just tried to ignore it, and we just rose to the occasion."

From Fox News • Feb. 4, 2022

“I mean, there was a lot of push-down pressure within us. We just tried to ignore it, and we just rose to the occasion.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022

"It's an unwinding of the push-down we had in earnings expectations earlier this month," said John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo's funds-management unit, which oversees $201 billion in assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 19, 2012

Standardized curriculum and testing in primary schools are causing what educators call "push-down" academics.

From Time Magazine Archive