Push and Slowing down

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Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

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Slowing down is an antonym for push.

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

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Push is an antonym for slowing down in topics: bother, hold, check, obstruct, impede.

Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: While berating Geralt about how disappointed he is in the witcher's performance, Emhyr slips a detail about how internal dissent in Nilfgaard is slowing down his offensive push into the North.

Source: Video Game / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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