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push about

verb

To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully

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"push about" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to mean to treat someone in a bossy or aggressive manner. Example: The new manager has a tendency to push about her employees, often giving them unreasonable tasks and deadlines. In this sentence, "push about" is used to describe the manager's behavior towards her employees.

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"It's lovely not to get pushed about!" she said -- not that Ms. Beane, a model and veteran of the party scene, seems like a woman people would dare push about.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest 5.51pm GMT Now dancers push about illuminated white balls while someone plays some kind of wooden flute-type thing.

Freddie Mac paid $125m in fines in 2003 after regulators charged that the company manipulated its accounts to push about $5bn in earnings to future quarter.

But a state Department of Transportation spokesman, Alex Dudley, said allowing only buses in the lane would push about 400 extra vehicles onto the Gowanus Expressway's general-use lanes, which are already crowded during rush hour.

"You could get caught up by racism in Hollywood and everywhere else," said Lee Daniels, a producer of "Monster's Ball" and whose adaptation of Sapphire's novel, "Push," about the struggles of a Harlem teenager for self-respect, will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this month.

To put this in perspective, think about how much you'd pay if you were an Amazon S3 client and you had to push about 1 petabyte a month.

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It's about time discipline is instilled into this game and I am not a person who gets pushed about".

Even while being pushed about and hushed, people seemed to love it all.

A butch drag queen tries to entertain four men but fails, is pushed about and is stripped of her wig.

Be prepared to stand up to it or be pushed about by senior staff in some organizations and government departments.

DO NOT be pushed about by the attackers, if this occurs push them back without the referees knowledge so they know not to mess with you :).

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