Definitions
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- noun UK
push-up (exercise)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms
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Examples
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Then, high up, he is forced into what seems an impossible position, his feet placed on the left-hand wall of the corner with both hands on the far edge of the other wall, leaving his body stretched horizontal to the ground as if about to do a press-up in the empty space.
Johnny Dawes: 'It's about doing something that's fun… and impossible' 2012
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Goldman Sachs was hit with a sexual discrimination lawsuit from three former female employees who claim the firm has a testosterone-driven culture of press-up contests on the trading floor, male-dominated golf outings and scantily clad escorts at an office Christmas party, reported the Guardian Sept. 15.
Marcia Reynolds: Diversity Programs Don't Stop Mad Men Sexism 2010
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He lay still, his hands and feet keeping his tensed body just above the ground like the downstroke of one long press-up.
It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010
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He lay still, his hands and feet keeping his tensed body just above the ground like the downstroke of one long press-up.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2005
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He lay still, his hands and feet keeping his tensed body just above the ground like the downstroke of one lo n g press-up.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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He lay still, his hands and feet keeping his tensed body just above the ground like the downstroke of one long press-up.
Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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But if it hadn't been that Knight decided he needed a blademan, Harcourt wouldn't have bothered doing the first press-up.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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I've fallen for English sense of humour, says Birdsong heroine How to do the perfect press-up For those of you inspired by Michelle Obama's her elegantly toned arms and impressive technique - here's how to do the perfect press up
Evening Standard - Home Louise Jury 2012
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I've fallen for English sense of humour, says Birdsong heroine How to do the perfect press-up For those of you inspired by Michelle Obama's her elegantly toned arms and impressive technique - here's how to do the perfect press up
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Who watched Madam President, Michelle Obama, wipe the floor in a press-up competition with day-time chat show host Ellen DeGeneres last week?
Evening Standard - Home David Higgins 2012
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