pushy

pushy

Aggressive, insistent, or domineering in a forward or disagreeable manner. I hate these pushy salespeople who won't take no for an answer. Tom is always so pushy, as if his ideas are always the best.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pushy

mod. very aggressive in dealing with other people. Stop being so pushy! Who do you think you are?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • with a high hand
  • push (one's) weight about
  • push (one's) weight around
  • throw (one's) weight about
  • throw (one's) weight around
  • throw one’s weight around
  • throw one's weight around
  • throw weight around
  • throw your weight about/around
  • throw your weight around
References in periodicals archive
"I'd follow up--but I don't want to be pushy. It might turn her off."
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The experiments showed that pushy parents seem to share a common trait and they view their children as part of themselves.
Parents push children to fulfil own thwarted dreams
So, going back to pushy parents, with the eleven-plus just around the corner for my eldest, I have just realised after five years of primary school, that the parents I rub shoulders with in the playground have been 'grooming' their children to succeed in every aspect of school life whether it be academic or social.
How to create the 'perfect child'
On the other side of the coin, 64 per cent of parents admitted they will deliberately avoid contact with pushy parents and even try to stop their children from spending time together.
PUSHED OR PUSHY; PARENTS TELL OF PRESSURE TO HAVE HIGH-ACHIEVING KIDS
They aren't pushy about my academic performance they only want me to work hard," says the 18- year- old.
No tiger moms please
Normally, it's Katie Price who seems to be the pushy one, but she's actually said she won't feature her kids anymore on any of her reality TV shows - yeah for sanity.
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But researchers at Leicester and Leeds universities, who used data from the National Child Development Study for pupils born in 1958, say parents get less pushy the more children they have.
PUSHY parents help their children [...]
It's a really good relationship where she's not pushy about it.
What is it about your advisor that gives you the feeling that he or she lives by a "customer first" philosophy?
Education minister, Andrew Adonis' remarks about pushy parents are timely.
Politicians can't have it both ways - so push off; AGENDA
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Q I AM told I am too pushy in interviews and it is making me miss out on jobs.
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The eighth of 15 foals out of Bloomsbury Stud's outstanding broodmare Mrs Moss, Precocious was a half-brother to Japan Cup winner Jupiter Island and Queen Mary Stakes winner Pushy.
Death of sire Precocious; BLOODSTOCK DESK