Push
Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.
Quit
Quit verb - To give up (a job or office).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When a contestant can't take it anymore, they push a red button, saying they want to quit the game.
Source: Series / Solitary -
Later on when she is seriously trying to push him away due to her own issues and he won't quit, she says "You just don't give up." The Caretaker: Dan takes this to codependent extremes.
Source: Theatre / Next To Normal - In Koichi's route, one of the few points in his favor early on is that he firmly defends her choice to keep working and refuses to push her to quit.
Source: Career Versus Man
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Quit and Push. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/push/quit
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