"push the limit" meaning in All languages combined

See push the limit on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pushes the limit [present, singular, third-person], pushing the limit [participle, present], pushed the limit [participle, past], pushed the limit [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push the limit (third-person singular simple present pushes the limit, present participle pushing the limit, simple past and past participle pushed the limit)
  1. To do something that fully exerts one's physical capability.
    Sense id: en-push_the_limit-en-verb-C1-tGoY8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. To break a record.
    Sense id: en-push_the_limit-en-verb-87B9qTbW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: push to the limit, go the distance, bite off more than one can chew
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