Verb
push it (third-person singular simple present pushes it, present participle pushing it, simple past and past participle pushed it)
(idiomatic) To make an extraordinary or risky effort; to behave in a way which tests the limits; to expect too much.
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. Denis Diderot
All these cries for peace we hear in Israel, especially from our side, do not bring peace any closer -- they only push it away. If you chase peace it only eludes you. That's not game theory; that's history. Robert Aumann
Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other. Louise Erdrich
Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it. Tom Holt
The use of quantity of money as a target has not been a success. I'm not sure that I would as of today push it as hard as I once did. Milton Friedman
Do not treat your loved one like a swinging door: you are fond of it but you push it back and forth. Madagascan Proverb