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Contraposition Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

push the point

What does 'push the point' mean?
  

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Please provide a context.

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Please provide a context.
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She didn't want to push the point any further at that moment.
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She "pushed" the point she was making but stopped, probably without having persuaded whoever it is she was trying to persuade that her argument is correct.
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contraposition What does 'push the point' mean?
It usually means "insist", usually in an annoying or obnoxious way.

The idiom has a family resemblance to words like "harp" and "nag".

CJ
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