To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.
Push, v. i. 1. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns
or with a sword. Shak.
2. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man
must push in order to succeed.
At the time of the end shall the kind of the south push at him and
the king of the north shall come against him.
Dan. xi. 40.
War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length Both sides
resolved to push, we tried our strength.
Dryden.