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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUSHED, pp. Pressed; urged; driven.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Push Push, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pushing.] [OE. possen, pussen, F. pousser, fr. L. pulsare, v. intens. fr. pellere, pulsum, to beat, knock, push. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pursy.] 1. To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw. Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat. --Milton. 2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, . . . the ox shall be stoned. --Ex. xxi. 32. 3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. `` To push his fortune.'' --Dryden. Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honor to the actor. --Spectator. We are pushed for an answer. --Swift. 4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass. 5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are pushed for something such as time or money, you do not have enough of it. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use pressed for) He's going to be a bit pushed for money. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ for n 2. If you are hard pushed to do something, you find it very difficult to do it. (BRIT) I'd be hard pushed to teach him anything. = hard-pressed PHRASE: V inflects