when push comes to shove
迫不得已时,逼不得已时,迫不得已的时候,逼不得已的时候
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- : to press upon or against with force in order to move it away.
- : to move in a specified way by exerting force; shove; drive: to push something aside; to push the door open.
- : to effect or accomplish by thrusting obstacles aside: to push one's way through the crowd.
- : to cause to extend or project; thrust.
- : to press or urge to some action or course: His mother pushed him to get a job.
- : to press with energy and insistence: to push a bill through Congress.
- : to carry toward a conclusion or extreme: She pushed the project to completion.
- : to press the adoption, use, sale, etc., of: to push inferior merchandise on customers.
- : to press or bear hard upon, as in dealings with someone: The prosecutor pushed him for an answer.
- : to put into difficulties because of the lack of something specified: to be pushed for time.
- : Slang. to peddle.
- : Informal. to be approaching a specific age, speed, or the like: The maestro is pushing ninety-two.
- : Photography. to modify to compensate for underexposure.
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- : to exert a thrusting force upon something.
- : to use steady force in moving a thing away; shove.
- : to make one's way with effort or persistence, as against difficulty or opposition.
- : to extend or project; thrust: The point of land pushed far out into the sea.
- : to put forth vigorous or persistent efforts.
- : Slang. to sell illicit drugs.
- : to move on being pushed: a swinging door that pushes easily.
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- : the act of pushing; a shove or thrust.
- : a contrivance or part to be pushed in order to operate a mechanism.
- : a vigorous onset or effort.
- : a determined advance against opposition, obstacles, etc.
- : a vigorous and determined military attack or campaign: The big push began in April.
- : the pressure of circumstances, activities, etc.
- : Informal. persevering energy; enterprise.
- : Informal. a crowd or company of people.
- : British. dismissal from a job; sack.
- : Australian Slang. a gang of hoodlums.
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- : push around, to treat contemptuously and unfairly; bully: She's not the kind of person who can be pushed around.
- : push back, to make the date or time of later than originally planned. to oppose or resist a plan, action, statement, etc.: The board members are starting to push back against criticism from the public.
- : push off, Informal. to go away; depart: We stopped at Denver for the night and were ready to push off again the following morning.
- : push on, to press forward; continue; proceed: The pioneers, despite overwhelming obstacles, pushed on across the plains.
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Many of them plan to help finance the latest push for new, K-12 curriculum.
The United States already has more carbon-capture facilities than any other country in the world and could seize global market leadership with a concerted innovation push from the government.
Though the 2019 study observed that the watch tended to undercount wheelchair pushes, I found that the watch tended to overestimate my number of pushes slightly.
Even so, buyers say the push to constantly replan as well as to generate “good results” for clients even with economic uncertainty has been draining.
The smaller HomePod will help Apple renew its push into the smart home at a lower price, albeit with fewer speakers inside the device than the current $299 model.
Instead, straighten your civic backbone and push back in clear conscience.
In Afghanistan, there was a push to take back the southern province Helmand.
Doubling down on Schedule I is, at best, a deranged way to push Americans away from “medical,” and toward recreational, use.
After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
Slowly, two were opened up, and in 2010 the regional government opened all four Brogpa villages in a push for tourism.
The sense of bearing on to the voice, or endeavoring to push the tone by any pressure whatever, should be absolutely avoided.
Thereupon the governor attacked him alone, and giving a violent push on the door, opened it.
One Turkish Company, about a hundred strong, was making an ugly push within rifle shot of our ship.
A resolute push for quite a short period now might reconstruct the entire basis of our collective human life.
His only chance of ultimate recovery was to push boldly forward, and to betray no fear of failure.