push water uphill (English, verb)
expansion: push water uphill (third-person singular simple present pushes water uphill, present participle pushing water uphill, simple past and past participle pushed water uphill)
Senses:
glosses: try to achieve a goal despite huge resistance, being an uphill battle
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: pushes water uphill
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pushing water uphill
tags: participle
present
form: pushed water uphill
tags: participle
past
form: pushed water uphill
tags: past
form: push water uphill with a rake
tags: alternative
form: push water uphill with a fork
tags: alternative