"push-through" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} push-through (not comparable)
  1. That is pushed through; especially designating something that is operated by being pushed through (something else). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-push-through-en-adj-Tr~k~hTu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 1 6

Noun

Forms: push-throughs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} push-through (plural push-throughs)
  1. A narrow passageway through.
    Sense id: en-push-through-en-noun-pCLCp~~l
  2. A device for cleaning a rifle bore.
    Sense id: en-push-through-en-noun-L9kDVoBK

Inflected forms

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