out-pushv.
/ˌaʊtˈpʊʃ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈpʊʃ/ 1. transitive. To push out. Cf. outpushing n. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession
outshoveOE
to do out of ——OE
shovec1200
to put out of ——c1225
to cast out1297
void13..
usurpa1325
to put outa1350
outputa1382
outrayc1390
excludea1400
expulse?a1475
expel1490
to shut forth1513
to put forth1526
to turn out1546
depel?1548
disseisin1548
evict1548
exturb1603
debout1619
wincha1626
disseise1627
out-pusha1631
howster1642
oust1656
out1823
purge1825
the bum's rush1910
outplace1928
a1631 J. Donne Poet. Wks. (1987) 159 Whether a rotten state, and hope of gaine, Or to disuse mee from the queasie paine Of being belov'd, and loving, or the thirst Of honour, or faire death, out pusht mee first, I lose my end.
1874 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 199/2 A young goldsmith who..made his way with it in the Boston market by underselling and outpushing the unmercantile mechanics of his craft.
2. transitive. To outdo or surpass in pushing.In quot. 1847: to go beyond (one's strength) in pushing.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > surpass or go beyond in pushing
push1845
out-push1847
outshove1936
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxi. 203 A flushed page..seemed to have in part out-grown and in part out-pushed his strength.
1919 Times 7 Apr. 5/4 The Mother Country's pack were outpushed in the scrummage and tight mauls.
1992 Record (Nexis) 7 Feb. b1 Just let's see you outpush Herschel Walker in the bobsled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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