push for (something)

to make a strong effort to get something or make something happen.

The president is meeting with members of Congress to push for an increase in the minimum wage.

• for all someone knows
• for all something
• for all that
• for all the world like
• for all the world like something
• for anything
• for anything in the world
• for a price
• for a song
• for better or for worse
• for better or worse
• forbidden fruit
• force hand
• force of habit
• for certain
• force someone's hand
• force to be reckoned with
• for Christ's sake
• for crying out loud
• For crying out loud!
• foregone conclusion
• forelock-tugging
• forewarned is forearmed
• Forewarned is forearmed.
• forget about