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Push up

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make (something) higher; to increase. transitive

    "In a unanimous decision, the Fed's open market committee pushed up its federal funds rate by a quarter point to 1.25% and hinted that it would adopt a measured approach to any future increases."

  2. 2
    push upward wordnet
  3. 3
    To arise or jut out from; to thrust from.

    "The slab and piles will work together to resist 'ground heave' (the upward movement of the ground as it tries to push up into the box)."

  4. 4
    push from beneath wordnet
  5. 5
    push violently in a specified direction wordnet

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