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je repousse

pushes back, pushes (the limits), repels, turns off

→ repousser
re again; back + pousse to grow
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #39,622
pushes back, pushes (the limits)
FR: Elle repousse les limites de son imagination.
EN: She pushes the limits of her imagination.
repels, turns off
FR: Cette odeur me repousse.
EN: That smell repels me.
Conjugation of repousser
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First repousse —
Third repousse —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First repousse —
Third repousse —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second repousse —

Elle repousse les bornes du possible à chaque tentative.

She pushes the boundaries of what is possible with each attempt.

Dans cette révolution, on repousse toutes les limites.

In this revolution, all limits are pushed back.

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

Tu coupes un bras de la triade, et un nouveau repousse tout de suite.

You cut off one arm of the triad, and a new one grows back right away.

— Election 1 (2005)

L'art repousse les frontières du possible.

Art pushes back the boundaries of what is possible.

Repousse-la.

Push her back.

— Yolo (2024)

"Faites qu'une bonne dent repousse", on dit.

“May a good tooth grow back,” people say.

— Une Affaire de famille (2018)

Et toi qui me repousse.

And you, pushing me away.

— Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Elle me repousse sans cesse.

She keeps pushing me away.

— Suzume (2022)