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push shut

[/pʊʃ ʃʌt/]
verb
empurrar para fechar
1. to close something by applying pressure with one's hand or body
Push shut the door behind you when you leave.
Empurre a porta para fechá-la quando você sair.
2. to firmly close by pushing
The drawer won't stay open, so I need to push shut the cabinet.
A gaveta não fica aberta, então preciso empurrar para fechar o armário.
Synonyms
push closedslam shutclose by pushingforce shut
Antonyms
push openpull openpry open

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
empurrar para fechar
most common usage throughout Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
dar um jeito para fechar
informal variation
São Paulo
fechar no empurrão
colloquial expression
Portugal
fechar a empurrar
common in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

push the door to
shut the door in someone's face
close up shop
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