push up

Thân thiện

The athlete performs a push up on the gym floor.

Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To move or force something to a higher position by applying pressure from below.
   • To raise or increase an amount, level, or value.

Usage

• The verb "push up" is used to describe the physical action of lifting something by pushing from beneath it.
• It is also commonly used in economic and statistical contexts to describe causing an increase.
• It is a separable phrasal verb (e.g., "push the window up," "push up the window").

Examples

• Physical Action:
  • She used her legs to push up the heavy box onto the shelf.
  • The mechanic pushed up the car with a hydraulic jack.
• Causing an Increase:
  • Strong demand is expected to push up prices.
  • The new tax will push up the cost of living.

Advanced Usage

• "to push up the daisies" (idiom, informal/humorous): to be dead and buried.
  • If you're not careful, you'll end up pushing up the daisies.

Variants and Related Words

• Push-up (noun): A physical exercise in which a person lies facing the floor and raises their body by pressing down on their hands.
  • He does fifty push-ups every morning.
• Uppush (noun, rare): An upward push or thrust.

Synonyms

• Lift: To raise to a higher position.
• Elevate: To raise or lift something up.
• Boost: To help increase or improve.
• Raise: To move to a higher position or cause to increase.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Push against: To apply pressure to something.
  • The crowd pushed against the barriers.
• Push ahead/forward: To continue with a plan or activity.
  • We decided to push ahead with the project.

Related Idioms

• Push up your sleeves: To fold the sleeves of your shirt or coat up your arms, typically to prepare for work.
  • He pushed up his sleeves and started fixing the engine.

Học thuật

Verb

1. push upward
   • The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air
2. push upward

Từ đồng nghĩa

• thrust