pushing over
Making something fall
Pushing over means toppling something or someone by applying force—usually with hands against an upright object: The wind pushed over the fence, He pushed over the stack of boxes.
With people, it implies ease or aggression: The bully pushed him over on the playground.
Figuratively, to push someone over is to defeat or overwhelm them with little effort.
- topplingCausing to collapse
- disruptingInterfering with normal function
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- overturningCausing to flip
- shovingPushing with force
pressuring · tipping · uprooting · collapsing · bulldozing · knocking down · capsizing · eroding · displacing · dismantling · destabilizing · subverting · felling · sabotaging · manipulating · coercing · invalidating · challenging
- knocking downtoppling, demolishing, razing, felling, bulldozing
pushing overpropping up
Supporting to prevent collapse
standing up · holding up · righting · stabilizing · supporting
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