To bully or treat someone in a domineering way, telling them what to do and giving them no respect.
To bully someone or treat them unfairly by controlling them.
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
To treat someone in a bullying, domineering, or disrespectful way.
"No one is going to push me around — I know my rights."
Nobody pushes me around.
— Commonly used line in American film and television drama, widely associated with assertive characters across multiple works
To physically push someone in different directions — extended to dominating or controlling them.
To bully someone or treat them unfairly by controlling them.
Very common in both British and American English. Often appears in defiant phrases: 'I won't be pushed around'. Can describe physical bullying or psychological domination.
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