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

Esequiel sold corn and shaved ice from a cart he pushed around in Lancaster.

From Los Angeles Times

A week after getting pushed around late in a heartbreaking loss at Michigan, the Trojans looked like a tough team because Moss looked like a tough quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

“Snow is just a really great way to trap all of these teeny environmental players that are pushed around by the bigger planet drivers,” Neff says.

From Science Magazine

When the motors in the chain are turned off, the solitons and anti-solitons can be manually pushed around in either direction.

From Science Daily

Related Words

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