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push to

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
push [sb] to do [sth], push [sb] into [sth], push [sb] into doing [sth]⇒ vtr	(urge, coerce)	urgir a alguien a que haga algo loc verb
		presionar a alguien para que haga algo loc verb
	He pushed her to go to the store with him.
	La urgió a que lo acompañara a la tienda.
	La presionó para que lo acompañara a la tienda.
push your way to/through/past v expr	(move by shoving)	abrirse paso empujando loc verb
		abrirse camino a empujones loc verb
	He rudely pushed his way to the stage.
	Él se abrió paso hacia el escenario empujando groseramente.
push yourself to do [sth] v expr	(strive hard to do [sth])	esforzarse demasiado para loc verb
	Roger Bannister was the first athlete to push himself to run a mile in under four minutes.
when push comes to shove expr	figurative, informal (when the situation becomes critical)	cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles, cuando las cosas se ponen feas expr
		a la hora de la verdad expr
	(AR: coloquial)	cuando las papas queman expr
	Two of my colleagues don't really like each other, but when push comes to shove, they'll work together to make sure a project gets finished on time.

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