'To push on' definitions:

Definition of 'To push on'

From: GCIDE
  • Push \Push\, v. i.
  • 1. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed. [1913 Webster]
  • At the time of the end shall the kind of the south push at him and the king of the north shall come against him. --Dan. xi. 40. [1913 Webster]
  • War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length Both sides resolved to push, we tried our strength. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot. [1913 Webster]
  • To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten. [1913 Webster]
  • The rider pushed on at a rapid pace. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]