Synset

press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1

bear on

push

sample sentences

"He pushed her to finish her doctorate"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sam cannot %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

push push

semantic pointers

hypernym

urge, press, urge on, exhort

verb group

labor, push, drive, tug, labour

hyponym

nudge bull, bull through