push around

Idioms and Phrases

Treat or threaten to treat roughly, bully, domineer, as in I won't let him push me around . [ Colloquial ; c. 1920]

Example Sentences

Not a great line but solid enough to protect Daniel Jones and push around a bad Cowboys run defense.

From Los Angeles Times

That push around ticket sales will continue with the hope that Parisiens coming back from their traditional French holidays - ‘Les Vacances’ - will get involved.

From BBC

Next to it is a line of miniature carts made for children to push around the store.

From Slate

What he does have is a playing strength that far exceeds anything Tuipulotu can push around in the weight room.

From Los Angeles Times

The buoys absorb energy from passing waves, and covert it into mechanical pumping forces that draw in seawater and push around a quarter of it through the desalination system.

From BBC

Related Words

• bludgeon
• bully
• daunt
• dishearten
• embarrass
• faze
• frighten
• rattle
• strong-arm
• subdue
• terrorize
• unnerve