The phrase "a matter of pushing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that requires effort or action to achieve a goal or outcome.
Example: "Getting the project approved is just a matter of pushing the right buttons with the stakeholders."
Alternatives: "a question of effort" or "a case of urging".
She cut in front of me, and it was a matter of pushing her or falling.
It is just a matter of pushing for reforming old-fashioned attitudes and an expansion of products available to women.
With each book, Lucía told me, "It's been a matter of pushing the envelope a little further, seeing how far he can go".
"On an iPhone, it's just a matter of pushing the button at the top of the phone and the home button together," he said.
So many of them contain electronic components — one expert puts the figure at fifty per cent — that playtime can be a matter of pushing a button and watching as the toy has all the fun.
"Get your work out there as quickly as you can," he said, a testament that Internet software was, for Etsy, a matter of pushing small changes to the company's e-commerce site at a high rate.
"They all come with a test button and if you read the directions, it's a simple matter of pushing that button until the alarm goes off," says Bryant.
A confession: despite my 42 years, I occasionally listen to Radio 1. Usually, it's a matter of being pushed rather than pulled: a flat in-car iPod battery or an episode of Moral Maze, and I'll be there.
"We had two in the finals of the Australian last year; it's just a matter of them not pushing on.
The conversation became heated after a matter of seconds, and pushing and shoving ensued between Merkerson and Stone.
This was largely a matter of self-interest, pushing the zone of instability away from its borders, but also an act of historic responsibility.
