"push around" meaning in English

See push around in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pushes around [present, singular, third-person], pushing around [participle, present], pushed around [participle, past], pushed around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push around (third-person singular simple present pushes around, present participle pushing around, simple past and past participle pushed around)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, around.
    Sense id: en-push_around-en-verb-9TDpWxQT
  2. (transitive, figurative) To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-push_around-en-verb-~VA7dqMi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92

Inflected forms

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          "text": "2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/\nYaki have just one natural predator, the reticulated python, but they have many enemies. Land clearers are pushing the monkeys around. Roadbuilders are hemming them in. And outlaw trappers have them running for their lives."
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