"push up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pushes up [present, singular, third-person], pushing up [participle, present], pushed up [participle, past], pushed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push up (third-person singular simple present pushes up, present participle pushing up, simple past and past participle pushed up)
  1. (transitive) To make (something) higher; to increase. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-push_up-en-verb-8rYNYBLv
  2. To arise or jut out from; to thrust from.
    Sense id: en-push_up-en-verb-29bcY~bU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 20 80

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for push up meaning in English (1.9kB)

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