• v.
    ⦿exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
    lexical concept
  • She is crusading for women's rights
  • The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate
  • The liberal party pushed for reforms

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:agitate
  2. enl:campaign
  3. enl:crusade
  4. enl:fight
  5. enl:press
  6. enl:push
wn:interlingual indexili:i34630

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelagitatecampaigncrusadefightpresspush