Usually means: Extend boundaries beyond the usual.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. push the envelope: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. push the envelope: Merriam-Webster
  3. push the envelope: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. push the envelope: Collins English Dictionary
  5. push the envelope: Wordnik
  6. push the envelope: Wiktionary
  7. push the envelope: Dictionary.com
  8. push the envelope: FreeDictionary.org
  9. push the envelope: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Push the envelope: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. push the envelope: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. push the envelope: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. push the envelope: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. push the envelope: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (push the envelope)

verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic, originally aeronautics) To go beyond established limits; to pioneer.

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