bulldoze

Related to bulldoze: bulldoze into

bulldoze (one's) way through (something)

To force one's way through some task or thing, especially clumsily and/or carelessly. Don't just bulldoze your way through this assignment—research the data carefully. I bulldozed my way through the obstacle course and ended up skinning both my knees.
See also: bulldoze, through, way

bulldoze into (something)

To aggressively force one's way into some task or thing, especially clumsily and/or carelessly. Don't just bulldoze into this assignment—research the data carefully. I bulldozed into the obstacle course and ended up skinning both my knees.
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bulldoze through (something)

To aggressively force one's way through some task or thing, especially clumsily and/or carelessly. Don't just bulldoze through this assignment—research the data carefully. I bulldozed through the obstacle course and ended up skinning both my knees.
See also: bulldoze, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bulldoze into something

Fig. to move clumsily into something. Don't just bulldoze into me! Watch where you are going! Todd bulldozed into the wall, denting it badly.
See also: bulldoze

bulldoze through something

Fig. to push clumsily and carelessly through something. Don't just bulldoze through your work! I wish you wouldn't bulldoze through the room.
See also: bulldoze, through
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

bulldoze

tv. to apply pressure or force to get someone to do something. You think you can bulldoze people into doing what you want!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bulldoze (one's) way through (something)
  • bulldoze into
  • bulldoze into (something)
  • bulldoze through
  • bulldoze through (something)
  • a deuce of a
  • a deuce of a (something)
  • deuce
  • meathooks
  • carte blanche
References in periodicals archive
Mr Woodward, who spent two years renovating the home, said: "I'd sooner bulldoze it than see all my hard work go to waste."
Divorce row builder: I will bulldoze home
Justice Mamoonur Rasheed Sheikh of the LHC issued the stay order while hearing a petition moved by a lawyer challenging the government's decision to bulldoze the boundary wall of the Governor House on the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan in a bid to make the colonial-era building visible to the general public.
LHC stays demolition of Punjab Governor House wall
However, some landlords have started to bulldoze buildings and risk possible legal action due to delays in the heritage plan, said Muharraq Municipal Council chairman Mohammed Al Sinan.
Rules rethink urged to save Muharraq's cultural heritage
However, he further said that he holds no intentions of 'bulldozing' the Governor House neither PM-elect Imran Khan ever claimed to 'bulldoze' it.
Demolish Bilawal House walls or face legal action: Imran Ismail tells PPP
He said that PM-elect Imran Khan never claimed to bulldoze' Governor House.
Ismail warns of legal action if walls around Bilawal House not demolished
President Duterte is dead set on sending a message to smugglers after ordering to bulldoze some 70 smuggled luxury cars seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday.
Duterte determined to bulldoze smuggled luxury cars: Palace
ISLAMABAD -- Slum-dwellers protested against the Capital Development Authority on Thursday as the city administration launched an operation to bulldoze houses in an illegal settlement in Islamabad's Sector I-11/1.
Protest erupts as CDA bulldozes illegal Islamabad slum-houses
I READ with interest and despair that an 'eco developer' is willing to bulldoze over 400 trees to build 79 houses, when 1,000 houses are planned for Hemlington Grange, less than a mile away.
Battle for woodland; Your say
The council has defended its decision to bulldoze the site, saying the plans they have for it will benefit more people.
ANGER AS BMX TRACK LEVELLED FOR GARDEN
The report "Church drops bulldoze plan" (The Journal, September 26) quotes Canon Ray Best of Haltwhistle as saying in a democracy we all need to accept responsibility for our actions.
Let everyone now work in harmony
All orchardists can do is bulldoze and burn sick trees in hopes of slowing pox spread.
First plum pox turns up in North America
So somewhere within the system when there is chance to redeem or do good one has to just do it swiftly even if it lacks planning and becomes punishing just 'bulldoze' it through otherwise it may never happen.
Bulldozed society (1)
KARACHI -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf nominee for Sindh GovernorImran Ismail remarked that party chief and PM-elect Imran Khan never claimed to 'bulldoze' Governor House.
Imran Khan never claimed to 'bulldoze' Governor House: Imran Ismail
The spring is located on private land between Saddad and Shahrakan villages, and councillors are worried the owner would bulldoze the natural water resource and reclaim it to construct a multi-storey building.
Save 500-year spring!
In March, Liverpool council gave the owners of the site, said to be worth millions of pounds to a developer, an order to either refurbish or bulldoze it.
Last orders as pub bites dust