adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pushed...aside
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He pushed his half-eaten salad aside and left.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If pushed they would settle for land of the same quality nearby, but they know the Government doesn't have it.
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When pushed , you too can be tough.