pushed through
Overcame the resistance
Pushed through means accomplished something despite resistance or difficulty.
A bill gets pushed through Congress over opposition.
A project gets pushed through despite delays.
The phrase suggests force applied against obstacles: We pushed through the bureaucratic red tape.
It can also be literal—pushing through a crowd or dense vegetation to reach the other side.
- shovePush with force
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- thrustForceful forward motion
brute force · resilience · successful · ratification · resolve · kept going · against all odds · bulldozed · fortitude · tenacity · lobbying · fast tracked · propel · willpower · authorization · endurance · enactment · penetrative
- pressed onpressed on, persisted, persevered, continued, kept going
- enduredsurvived, endured, weathered, withstood, tolerated
pushed throughgave up
Abandoned an attempt
quit · abandoned · surrendered · capitulated · threw in the towel
pushed throughpulled back
Withdrew to prior position
retreated · withdrew · backed out · reversed · recoiled
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