Dutch-English translations for duwen

• push
  Mrs Merkel also appears to be pushing things in that direction. Waarschijnlijk zal mevrouw Merkel de ontwikkelingen in die richting duwen.
  You can push, you can pull and you can get the train back on track. U kunt duwen en trekken en de trein weer aan het rijden krijgen.
  As it stands, China risks pushing Africa back into the commodity trap. Zoals het nu gaat, loopt China de kans om Afrika weer terug in de "commodity trap” te duwen.
• prod
  "Its your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
  Check our BBS for the latest prods.
  Weve hit ten million users in prod today.
• thrust
  You cannot do that by thrusting a regulation down the throats of the legal community. Dat lukt niet door de juridische wereld een verordening door de strot te duwen.
  Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
  The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"

Related words

• schaduwen
• overschaduwen
• omverduwen
• weduwenmaker
• aanduwen
• openduwen
• verduwen
• wegduwen
• onderduwen