pushing
[adjective]
Synonyms: aggressive, assertive, assertory, militant, pushful, pushy, self-assertive, presumptuous, brash, forward, overweening, presuming, self-asserting, uppish, uppity

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Related Idioms: not backward in going forward

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

push‧ing /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ preposition
be pushing 40/60 etc spoken to be nearly 40, 60 etc years old – used only about older people:
Sheila must be pushing 40 by now.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲