push it
Verb
Meaning
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.
Examples
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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.
Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.
Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.
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.
Do not treat your loved one like a swinging door: you are fond of it but you push it back and forth.