push about

push about

To shove, thrust, or jostle someone or something from place to place. A noun or pronoun can be used between "push" and "about." The toddler pushed about the cardboard box like a shopping cart. The crowd pushed the suspect about as he was led into the court house by police.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

push someone or something about

 and push someone or something around
to jostle someone around. The crowd pushed the visitors around and made them feel unwelcome. People on the sidewalk pushed the delegation about during the noon rush hour.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • haul around
  • lift down
  • ditch (some place)
  • in place of (something)
  • be driven, pushed, etc. from pillar to post
  • be pushed from pillar to post
  • jerk (someone or something) out of (something or some place)
  • jerk out of
  • defect to
  • defect to (something)