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verb
  1. To force to move or advance with or as if with blows or pressure: propel, push, ram, shove, thrust. See move
  2. To urge to move along: herd, run. See move
  3. To move or advance against strong resistance: forge 2, lunge, plunge. See move
  4. To run and control (a motor vehicle): motor, pilot, wheel. Slang: tool. See move
  5. To set or keep going: actuate, impel, mobilize, move, propel, run. See move
  6. To force to work: task, tax, work. Idiom: crack the whip. See work
  7. To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion: fag, labor, moil, strain 1, strive, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work. Idiom: break one's back (or neck). See work
  8. To cause to penetrate with force: dig, plunge, ram, run, sink, stab, stick, thrust. See put in
  9. To fix (an idea, for example) in someone's mind by reemphasis and repetition: drill, implant, impress, inculcate, instill, pound. See teach
  10. To look for and pursue (game) in order to capture or kill it: chase, hunt, run, stalk. See seek
noun
  1. A trip in a motor vehicle: ride, run. Informal: spin, whirl. See move
  2. A course affording passage from one place to another: avenue, boulevard, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, route, street, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way. See move, open
  3. An organized effort to accomplish a purpose: campaign, crusade, movement, push. See action, seek
  4. An aggressive readiness along with energy to undertake taxing efforts: enterprise, hustle, initiative, punch. Informal: get-up-and-go, gumption, push. See action, tired, try
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