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push up

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
push [sth] up, push up [sth] vtr + adv	(thrust, press upwards)	levantar⇒ vtr
	This bra pushes up your bust.
	Este sostén levanta el busto.
push [sth] up, push up [sth] vtr + adv	figurative (price, bid: force to rise)	aumentar⇒, subir⇒ vtr
	The town's popularity as a tourist destination has pushed up house prices.
	La popularidad del pueblo como un destino turístico aumentó el precio de las casas.

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
push-up (US), press-up (UK) n	usually plural (arm exercise)	flexión de brazos nf + loc adj
		flexión nf
	(AmL)	lagartija nf
	The fitness instructor asked the class to do 20 push-ups.
	El instructor pidió a la clase que hiciera 20 flexiones de brazos.
push-up adj	(underwear: lifts) (informal; voz inglesa)	push-up adj inv
		con realce loc adj
	My butt looks great in these push-up briefs.

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Compound Forms: push up | push-up
Inglés		Español
push up daisies, push up the daisies, also US: push daisies v expr	figurative (be dead and buried) (coloquial)	criar malvas loc verb
	(coloquial)	estirar la pata loc verb
	(AmC, CO, MX: coloquial)	colgar los tenis loc verb
	(CO: coloquial)	colgar los guayos loc verb
Note: Usually used in the continuous.
push up the bidding v expr	(force amounts bid to increase)	subir la puja loc verb
	A couple of rival private collectors pushed the bidding up to ridiculous levels.
	Una pareja de coleccionistas privados subió la puja a niveles ridículos.

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