English Explanatory Dictionary

push water uphill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To try to achieve a goal despite huge resistance or nearly futile awkwardness, the task being an uphill battle.

Word forms

push water uphill pushes water uphill pushing water uphill pushed water uphill push water uphill with a rake push water uphill with a fork

Related words

water pump herd cats put the genie back in the bottle put the toothpaste back in the tube Sisyphean labour
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