From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpush ahead phrasal verbCONTINUE/NOT STOPto continue with a plan or an activity, especially in a determined way with Quinlan decided to push ahead with the deal. → push→ See Verb table
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push ahead• About the only activity, experts say, has been in areas where contracts required pushing ahead.• And with cold weather helping sentiment oil leaders pushed ahead.• Carter, however, insisted on pushing ahead.• Leaders seize opportunities and push ahead.• But there are strong reasons to push ahead now to resolve all remaining final-status questions.• Anyone who tried to push ahead was berated by others.• To achieve this, Quinlan is pushing ahead with a salad of deals, alliances and joint ventures.push with• Push ahead with a cash or career plan.• To achieve this, Quinlan is pushing ahead with a salad of deals, alliances and joint ventures.• Keating has promised to push ahead with economic reform.• The Navy plans to push ahead with putting women on combat ships.• But the group said it was pushing ahead with the demerger, scheduled for the second quarter of this year.• It emphasises the importance of trying to push ahead with the peace process that is now under way.From Longman Business Dictionarypush ahead phrasal verb [intransitive]1to continue with a plan or activity, especially in a determined way withThe government is determined to push ahead with its economic reforms.2if prices on a financial market push ahead, they riseThe Composite Index pushed ahead 3.77 to 466.56. → push→ See Verb table 