Push for meaning in English

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Definition

to push for (a salary increase): to insist on, to try to get, to press for (a salary increase) idiom

Examples

"- No, we cannot push for Taco Day to come more than once a month."

Exercise 1

Choose all the TRUE statements from the list below.

Be careful, there may be more than one correct choice!

One of the staff members made an inappropriate suggestion.

None of the suggestions will be implemented.

The cafeteria fruit bar is extremely popular.

One or more of the staff members objects to so many taco days.

Choose all the TRUE statements from the list below.

Be careful, there may be more than one correct choice!

One of the staff members made an inappropriate suggestion.

Polly refers to a suggestion about a "cute cashier" in the cafeteria. Polly then directs the writer of the suggestion to the "Employee Code of Conduct", specifically to the section about "Sexual Harassment". This information tells us that someone made an inappropriate comment, most likely of a sexual nature.

None of the suggestions will be implemented.

Polly writes "I'm sure the day will come when a brilliant yet realistic suggestion is actually realized!" which indicates that none of the current suggestions were realistic, and that nothing has changed. Polly advises the staff "not to be discouraged about the negative results."

The cafeteria fruit bar is extremely popular.

This is not a good choice. Polly writes that the fruit bar is "rarely touched" which indicates that the fruit bar is not at all popular.

One or more of the staff members objects to so many taco days.

On the contrary, Polly writes that someone has "pushed for taco day to come more than once a month". "To push for (an extra day of vacation)" is "to request", "encourage" or "lobby for" an extra week of vacation.' Polly's remark indicates that the staff wants taco day more than once a month.

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