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

Willis is starstruck the moment he sees Lana on a tiny TV screen at work, as servers and table cleaners push around him.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Related Words

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