pushing under
Pressing something down
Pushing under describes the act of forcing someone or something beneath a surface, obstacle, or threshold.
It often appears in physical contexts—pushing someone under water, pushing a box under a bed.
Figuratively, it can mean suppressing or keeping down: The administration kept pushing the scandal under until it couldn't be ignored.
- drownDie by submersion
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- dip intoAccess partially or briefly
- immersionState of being submerged
- holding downKeeping in place
marginalizing · subduction · burying · engulfing · burrowing · concealing · compressing · pressing · sinking · stifling · squelching · suppressing · shoving · silencing · overshadowing · lowering · plunging · overburdening
pushing underpulling out
Removing from within
fishing out · retrieving · extracting · dredging up · bringing up
pushing underbringing to light
uncovering · exposing · revealing · surfacing · unearthing
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