“Really, Watson, you excel yourself,” said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— marked by ambition, energy, enterprise, and initiative
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— to move someone or something away from you, or from their previous position, using part of your body, especially your hands
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1 use of ‘pushing’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle