I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fuel inflation/push up inflation (= make inflation worse )
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The increase in food prices is fuelling inflation.
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There are now fears that price rises will push up inflation.
increase/push up the cost
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The new tax will increase the cost of owning a car.
pull/push yourself upright
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He pulled himself upright on the sofa.
push back the frontiers (= discover new things )
push back your chair (= in order to get up )
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He pushed back his chair and stood up.
push through reforms (= make them happen )
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He has so far failed to push through much-needed economic reforms.
pushed...aside
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He pushed his half-eaten salad aside and left.
pushing and shoving
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Everyone was pushing and shoving to see the prince.
pushing...pram
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a young woman pushing a pram
push/wheel a bicycle (= walk beside it pushing it )
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She was wheeling her bicycle and talking to some friends.
put/push sth to the back of your mind
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He tried to push these uncomfortable thoughts to the back of his mind.
throw/knock/push etc sb off-balance
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The sudden movement of the ship knocked them both off balance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
ahead
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You need to push ahead with private plans. you're in a position to do so.
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Leaders seize opportunities and push ahead .
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But there are strong reasons to push ahead now to resolve all remaining final-status questions.
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But for black dancers and choreographers, this was a time to push ahead .
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To achieve this, Quinlan is pushing ahead with a salad of deals, alliances and joint ventures.
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Carter, however, insisted on pushing ahead .
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And with cold weather helping sentiment oil leaders pushed ahead .
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Anyone who tried to push ahead was berated by others.
along
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Dad was pushed along the passage, into the kitchen.
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And it was pushed along by the success of non-traditional Democrat Gary Hart in 1984.
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A shopping trolley pushed along and then released will roll across the floor, gradually slowing down until it comes to rest.
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Nevertheless, telecommuting is destined to increase, he said, pushed along by snowstorms, traffic jams and technological progress.
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Michael had a sense that he pushed along behind a much cleverer creature and could not keep up.
around
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She was no longer a nervous little nineteen-year-old that he could push around as he pleased.
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You get tired of being pushed around .
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I didn't want to be pushed around or to be made dependent on others.
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They won't be pushed around .
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In the Mirabeau Precinct she'd only get pushed around and ignored.
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This cart was pushed around by Nora Fauchon, well remembered by many.
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I suppose if the truth was known, I was narked at being pushed around .
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It's time we Berliners stopped allowing ourselves to be pushed around .
aside
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He then pushed aside all notes and summed up the case from beginning to end.
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He pushed aside the civilian Junta using it only to give decent sanction to new promotions.
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Maremont pushed aside his business and civic work and spent most of the early summer barnstorming through Illinois.
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He pushed aside , untasted, the food Pesaro's servant had given him.
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But with the piles of snow that are pushed aside , the streets are only 60 % passable.
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And now the cabinet was pushed aside .
away
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Bend the arms at the elbows. Push away the arms, forcing the hands out.
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I try to fold her into the comfort of my body, but she pushes away from me, startled into wakefulness.
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John Hendrie burst through in the closing minutes, but his strong shot was pushed away for a corner by Bob Bolder.
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Magnets can push away from each other.
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These would be pushed away by the radiation from the Sun, taking with them any payload attached to them.
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Cajole, shame, bully, push away ?
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Head down, shoulders stooped, he counted his steps and tried to push away the evil.
back
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It has, by pushing back the boundaries of human knowledge, given us much that has enriched our lives.
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I think Dole really is for pushing back the barriers for all.
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The topsoil could then be pushed back across the site and to all appearances undisturbed agricultural land was left.
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Some know when to take off their napkins and push back from the table.
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They reeled under the blows, but the heavy steel saved them and they recovered to push back unarmoured householders.
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The trial was scheduled for last November, then pushed back a month.
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A brilliant word-processor proving shareware can push back the boundaries of software value for money.
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He pushed back his plate now.
down
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So, with this result, I decided to try the opposite by pushing down on the boom through the turn.
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The air in the room, which had higher pressure, pushed down on the water in the glass.
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When genuine feelings are denied and pushed down , depression may follow.
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The driver pushes down on the brakes and initially nothing happens.
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He pushed down some one with blond hair.
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The rafts and the wharves were lined with standing bodies, and people were pushing down through the woods on either side.
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He's a floating penguin that literally toots with joy when he is pushed down under the water.
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Not waiting for the completion of this effort, a strong Union army had pushed down through western Tennessee.
forward
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Claire pushed forward . family made of themselves in public.
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More important, its results gave the Minnesota change leaders the confidence to push forward .
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These programmes need to question and push forward the agenda of the news programmes.
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But we kept pushing forward and we fought fair and we tried not to be petty.
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He saw scientists and thinkers as exploring the unknown, pushing forward their place in the universe.
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These people endure decades of horror, and they set their shoulders and push forward .
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In figure A the pelvis is pushed forward so that the man is leaning backwards.
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Undaunted he would retreat, threading the twine between his fingers and thumb, before blindly pushing forward in a new direction.
hard
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They responded by pushing hard into corporate finance, seeking to use shareholdings as a door-opener.
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However, Thompson questioned whether the administration will push hard if resistance stiffens.
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Brian was pushed hard against the side of a car parked in the far corner of the bar's car park.
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I fell back, like a person pushed hard .
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Missing are neighborhood and business associations: two groups that pushed hard during the former administration for a crackdown on nuisance crimes.
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Big agricultural businesses, primarily in California, pushed hard for the temporary workers.
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Each pushed hard against the other.
off
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They touch down, and he pushes off again, taking her arm so that she glides up with him in spite of herself.
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Mellanby, pushed off balance by Stumpel, attempted to sweep the puck toward the net.
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It looks to me more as if he wanted them to push off and abandon him.
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He pushed off from one wall, ran two steps, did a belly-flop and sloshed across the floor.
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We pushed off with a flourish, leaving the boy and Marina's driver at the edge.
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As the bag inflates, the book will be pushed off and slide away. 4.
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Just as he was about to push off again, I asked if he was finished.
on
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He was taking himself to the limit and then pushing on from there.
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He pushed on in swamp and wilderness through Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi territories.
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There are times when I've pushed on when all the signals were saying turn back.
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The story does not seem easy for this woman to tell, but she pushes on .
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All the runners are adrift out here, sorting through their thoughts, weighing the reasons to push on .
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We push on to another standard tourist site, the almost grotesquely ornate Opera.
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Once he is distracted, I push on hard and he gives up the game.
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The pencil they pushed on is called the arm.
open
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He pushed open the driver's side door and clambered out, unsure whether to approach the Montego or wait.
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She pushed open the front door, which he had left unlocked.
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She pushed open the glass door, muttered good morning, and took her place in the queue.
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But when I pushed open the gate into the yard on my return, I always saw Jean-Claude at the window.
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She watched his hands as he pushed open the packet and pulled out a cigarette.
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Lisa pushed open the driver's door and stepped out to face him.
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She pushed open the sitting room door and walked in.
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I glimpsed Mathilda's white face then ran into the gallery, pushing open the door to the solar.
out
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Then a doctor appeared and more bustle followed, until a wheeled stretcher was pushed out and Robbie was wheeled away.
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In the schools we are visiting the walls are pushed out to encompass the world around them in multiple ways.
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Clouds of steam struck by sunlight pushed out of the power station in the Ironbridge gorge.
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Varney said, pushing out a single airy belch of laughter.
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We took it over for a Sunday night, hiring it, promoting the gig ourselves, pushing out a lot of handbills.
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Primo notices his dark swollen belly, pushing out between the flaps of a green flak jacket.
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Almost every work that is premiered seems to push out the boundaries of the form a little farther.
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Sometimes she had to be pushed out the door.
through
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Students should also be pushed through more quickly.
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They pushed through the doors, they hung from the porcelain straps.
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Cardiff pushed through into the offices.
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Tax cuts pushed through by a Republican-controlled Board of Supervisors from 1993 through 1996 were folly, Huckelberry says.
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Privatisation is to be pushed through without even the safeguard of a consultative body.
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The city pushed through the state Legislature a temporary law which made annexing the area much easier.
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Rohmer pushed through , followed by Duvall.
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But unfortunately, the old questions insist on pushing through .
up
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Both have pushed up against a lower limit which is, I believe, economic in character.
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I pushed up his eyelid and exposed an inert brown pupil.
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It is this extra spending which, given full employment and consequent constant number of transactions, pushes up the price level.
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As capital moves to low-wage areas, the employment rate tends to rise, and wages are pushed up .
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The increase in demand for borrowing will push up rates.
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Banking shares are also a key sector of the market, and any rally among them would push up the Nikkei significantly.
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Background: The New York area was hit hard by the recession, but pent-up demand is pushing up prices.
■ NOUN
boundary
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It has, by pushing back the boundaries of human knowledge, given us much that has enriched our lives.
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But that willingness to push beyond the usual boundaries of electronic is precisely why Prodigy seems so, well, prodigious.
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A brilliant word-processor proving shareware can push back the boundaries of software value for money.
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Bush's speech pushed the political boundaries of the missile defence issue much further than he has done before.
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Female speaker I like them because they push back the boundaries .
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There is no need to push boundaries here.
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Almost every work that is premiered seems to push out the boundaries of the form a little farther.
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Such men push the boundaries as far as they can to try to get their women to love them, dirt and all.
button
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After reaching the desired revs by using the foot throttle, the driver then pushes the centre button .
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The destabilizing effect will push buttons and force changes.
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But like most of his colleagues in Hampden Babylon he had an uncanny knack of pushing the self-destruct button .
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She pushed a button , cranking the bed to a more upright position.
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Subtle it ain t, but for big-band fans, it pushes all the buttons .
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Then when ready, they push a button to signal the start of their 40 shots that make up the first round.
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When your words are likely to push his buttons , use anticipation.
chair
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Honey shoots into shot, pushing Bella's chair .
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At that I push the chair all the way under the table and we give each other these glowing smiles.
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He pushed his chair back from the table as if trying to escape.
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His father pushed back his chair and stood and leaned back against the sink, looking into the middle distance.
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He pushed his chair back and wandered around the room.
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Frank said, pushing his chair back fast.
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He pushed back his chair , kissed his wife, and went back to his duties.
door
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She pushed against the garage door and it slid upwards.
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Then the Jesuit volunteers pushed open the shelter doors and the worshipers followed the cross into a misty rain.
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Rachaela pushed open the door and went in.
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She pushed open the door on silence.
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They pushed through the doors , they hung from the porcelain straps.
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She pushed open the glass door , muttered good morning, and took her place in the queue.
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Sometimes she had to be pushed out the door .
envelope
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It needs some one who understands its basic talent, some one who will help it to push the envelope of its artificial intelligence.
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In one entrapment incident when he was in the Assembly, some one pushed an envelope under his door.
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Both were known to push the envelope of life.
frontier
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Back then entrepreneurs were pushing out the frontiers of trade.
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As for the second one your use of rhyme pushes back the frontiers of english literature.
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Their achievement was in pushing back the frontiers of distance running with world records.
hand
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He pushes a hand through his hair, and pauses once more.
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Jolted, I pushed his hand away.
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He pushed both hands through his sleep-tousled hair.
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He'd push his hand right up, and feel me.
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Needless to say Kyle would push his hand away or quickly grab the train back and put it back where it belonged.
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He held his breath and pushed his hand down the bed to touch his night-gown.
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When she saw where I was sitting she pushed her hands in her coat pockets and ambled over on her shaky heels.
limit
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Vintage Steve Douglas pushing the limits of the fake ollie at the Whiplash comp. 1985.
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I feel that I have pushed the limits of his patience.
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Acorn, Hawkbit and Speedwell, decent enough rank-and-filers as long as they were not pushed beyond their limits .
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There are full-time writers who can't push things to their limits -- poets who stop when a thing is good enough.
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All who went through that regime of training remember the extremes of fatigue and of being pushed to their limits .
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The guards are pushed to the limit all the time.
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Some one somewhere is going to push them to the limit .
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If a mentor is pushing you beyond your limits , if you are feeling more and more exhausted, beware!
luck
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If the story did turn out to be true, though, I think he might be pushing his luck .
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Just make sure that you don't push your luck too far.
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However we pushed our luck and took Molly in, with no protests whatsoever.
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Mallachy, indeed, was inclined to push his luck with Rory.
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Now above all times, she felt, was not the time to push her luck .
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Twelve months later the Captain of Sea Rover pushed his luck once too often.
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Sunday 6 November I knew I shouldn't have pushed my culinary luck .
plate
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He pushed the empty plate away from him and leaned his arms on the table.
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As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal.
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Norm muttered, pushing his plate away.
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I pushed my plate away and settled back with the wine.
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I pushed back my plate angrily.
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Detective Sergeant Joseph Bragg pushed away his plate , and wiped his ragged moustache.
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He pushed back his plate now.
pram
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She approached the slope pushing a doll's pram full of dolls and blankets.
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An old woman in tattered clothes walked down the street pushing a dilapidated pram .
price
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It is this extra spending which, given full employment and consequent constant number of transactions, pushes up the price level.
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Big Oil will just push the price up another 4. 3 cents anyway.
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Top target is likely to be cigarettes and extra tax could push the price up by between 12 and 15p a packet.
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Background: The New York area was hit hard by the recession, but pent-up demand is pushing up prices .
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But lower mortgage rates for everyone else just push up the price of homes.
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Competitive bidding by buyers will push the price up toward the equilibrium level.
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Labour politicians fear estate agents carrying out the valuations will push prices up to benefit themselves.
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Trading was sluggish as aerospace, defense and oil stocks pushed prices yesterday.
rate
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Increased deposits would push deposit rates down.
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A complete breakdown of budget talks could push rates back up, at least temporarily, analysts concede.
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By then, car crime had pushed insurance rates up beyond the ozone and way past the stratosphere.
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Fourth, by pushing up interest rates , fiscal policy can push up the exchange rate of the currency.
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The increase in demand for borrowing will push up rates .
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Peso bears could therefore push against the exchange rate only by liquidating their long positions.
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A huge demands for apartments pushed vacancy rates down to the 1 to 2 percent level.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at/with the push/touch of a button
be (hard) pushed to do sth
be driven/pushed from pillar to post
be hard put/pressed/pushed to do sth
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Aunt Edie was in such a rage about it that she was hard put to contain herself.
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Governments will then be hard put to get it on to their national statute books by mid-1993.
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I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment!
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Leinster will be hard pushed to keep the score within the respectable margins of defeat set by their predecessors.
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Once an apology is given, the defendant will be hard put to contest liability later.
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The slave's side ... and even Miss Phoebe would be hard put to understand.
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With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.
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You will be hard pressed to choose a single main course because so many are mouth-watering.
be pushed for time/money etc
be pushing 40/60 etc
be pushing up (the) daisies
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It's lucky I was sent here, to Hepzibah, or I'd be pushing up daisies .
press/push (all) the right buttons
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He pushed all the right buttons .
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These are words which are all designed to press the right buttons among women voters.
press/push sb's buttons
press/push the panic button
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And why have governments in the region not pressed the panic button?
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Derby County chairman Brian Fearn has refused to push the panic button after Tranmere's 2-1 win.
push the envelope
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Each time Walters asked his employees to push the envelope , he said, "If you can dream it, you can do it."
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Both were known to push the envelope of life.
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It needs some one who understands its basic talent, some one who will help it to push the envelope of its artificial intelligence.
push/grope/inch etc your way somewhere
push/tip sb over the brink
put/press/push the pedal to the metal
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By the second half of the game, the Tigers had really started to put the pedal to the metal.
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Later, Brooks' brother alleged that racism helped put the pedal to the metal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Who was at the door?" "It was some guy pushing magazine subscriptions."
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Pushing his plate to one side he called for the waiter.
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Animal-rights groups are pushing to ban the capture of dolphins.
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Anyone caught pushing heroin or cocaine is given a long prison sentence.
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Are you sure you want to marry me? I don't want to push you into anything.
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Can you tell the people at the back of the queue to stop pushing!
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Coach Koepple pushes his players pretty hard.
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Don't let them push you into a making a decision before you're ready.
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He pushed his way through the crowd.
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I got tired of Robin pushing her environmental agenda at the office.
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It's still stuck - you'll have to push harder.
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Mum, William pushed me!
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My parents keep pushing me to get a good job.
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Paul held the door open for a woman pushing a trolley of heavy books.
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Revlon is really pushing its new range of beauty creams.
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She pushed past me to the front of the line.
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She pushed the table into a corner of the classroom.
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Shoppers were pushing their carts around the supermarket.
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The car had run out of gas so they pushed it into a side-street.
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There's no need to push . There are enough tickets for everyone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cursing, he began cutting it up, pushing the shorter strands on to his spoon.
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His back was pushed against the wall as a youth set about him.
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Mallachy, indeed, was inclined to push his luck with Rory.
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She pushed open the door to the sitting-room.
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She raised her eyes heavenwards and pushed by him.
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She was part of the first generation that really pushed the whole idea of reconciliation.
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The Woman pushed at the door, behind Doyle's chair, and when he moved sideways she stepped in.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Which is why we expect Diamond to make a big push for city annexation.
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Releases from major acts have a bigger push and the marketing budget is much larger.
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Players will begin trickling into the marketplace by spring, with the biggest push at the Christmas season.
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Ironically, one of the big pushes for telecommuting is coming from that traditional bastion of bureaucracy, the federal government.
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He's made a good start, now comes the big push .
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Gardener, for the big push up the middle on defense?
final
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Lawrence could strengthen his squad for a final promotion push .
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The final push is a huff-and-a-puff all the way.
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It was steep and exposed but solid, and the final push for the summit involved some exhilarating scrambling.
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While the oven and the dough are warming up, the yeast may revive and give forth one final push .
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Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence has to prepare his players for a final push after a gruelling season.
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In theatre, forceps hold the baby in position, one final push - and here he is! 8.20 p.m.
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Just as I gave the final push , my hand found a rope over the end of the ship.
hard
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Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push - not a hard push, just defensive.
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The pushing started first gently but slowly progressing to hard pushes.
little
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She's exaggerating; it was only a little push .
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They also need a little push from us, their public, their reason for being.
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One little push and the whole world's one, no woman's better than the next!
major
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A MAJOR push to make Darlington a centre for tourism was discussed by the council's development committee yesterday.
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In a major public relations push , Pillsbury boosted the prize this year to $ 1 million.
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Despite the possible loss, General Magic said it will press on and make a major new push on to the Internet.
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It was in many ways the perfect time for another major feminist push in Florida.
new
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The new push is reflected in the doubling of budget requests-to $ 254m-to combat Aids overseas.
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Despite the possible loss, General Magic said it will press on and make a major new push on to the Internet.
■ VERB
give
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Instead of jerking on the lead, he gave a mighty push to the bear's head and the man-animal rolled over backwards.
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The boy jerked them in over the gunwale, his father giving an unnecessary push from underneath.
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He's given Beattie Johnson the push , which is a shame.
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I give this book a push and it moves.
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Bigger capacity engines produce more torque as more fuel is burnt per firing stroke, giving a bigger push to the piston.
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I gave the button a push .
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One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push .
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While the oven and the dough are warming up, the yeast may revive and give forth one final push .
need
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Walking uphill and into the wind, with the forty-pound bag on your back, you felt like you needed a push .
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Does your business operation in fact need a push in the right direction?
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They also need a little push from us, their public, their reason for being.
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We need a big push on our environmental record.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at/with the push/touch of a button
be (hard) pushed to do sth
be hard put/pressed/pushed to do sth
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Aunt Edie was in such a rage about it that she was hard put to contain herself.
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Governments will then be hard put to get it on to their national statute books by mid-1993.
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I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment!
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Leinster will be hard pushed to keep the score within the respectable margins of defeat set by their predecessors.
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Once an apology is given, the defendant will be hard put to contest liability later.
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The slave's side ... and even Miss Phoebe would be hard put to understand.
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With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.
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You will be hard pressed to choose a single main course because so many are mouth-watering.
be pushed for time/money etc
be pushing 40/60 etc
press/push (all) the right buttons
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He pushed all the right buttons .
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These are words which are all designed to press the right buttons among women voters.
press/push sb's buttons
push/grope/inch etc your way somewhere
push/tip sb over the brink
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In a push to capture more of the market, Conoco will start selling propane.
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Rebel forces are believed to be preparing a final push into the city.
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The President has renewed a push to get the hostages freed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the Democrats in Congress have bedeviled Dole with a push for a raise in the minimum wage.
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For now the railway operates a short push and pull service between Furnace Sidings and the Whistle Inn.
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When push came to shove, the Northern California hospitality came through.