push up

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push up

verb pushes up · pushing up · pushed up

transitive To make (something) higher; to increase. In a unanimous decision, the Fed's open market committee pushed up its federal funds rate by a quarter point to 1.25% and hinted that it would adopt a measured approach to any future increases.
To arise or jut out from; to thrust from. The slab and piles will work together to resist 'ground heave' (the upward movement of the ground as it tries to push up into the box).

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@misc{push_up_2026,
  title = {push up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/push%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}