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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was pushed down" is correct and usable in written English.
You would generally use this phrase when describing someone or something that has been moved downward, usually against their will. For example: "The small child was pushed down by the bully."
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When the stick was pushed down, hard, he ran.
Every time I was pushed down below the waves.
When Libor was pushed down by the banks, Freddie Mac received lower payments from the swaps.
Housing benefit for the single under 35s was pushed down in January 2012.
It made most sense to enter loop mode as soon as the corresponding button was pushed down.
His sister died after he says she was pushed down the stairs in an Israeli courthouse.
Now she is walking the corridors she once was pushed down on a trolley, bound for theatre.
Inflation was pushed down by a deep oil price slump and a fierce price war being fought out by supermarkets.
When the rack bar was pushed down rapidly, it revolved the pinion and armature with sufficient speed to obtain the desired current.
Before the financial crisis Spanish unemployment, a perennial problem, was pushed down by credit-fuelled growth and a prolonged construction boom: in 2007 it was just 8%.
Their essential elements were a steeply pitched screw and a nut that mated with it; when the latter was pushed down, the screw and attached bit turned.
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