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(n. & adj.) (Designating) a type of embedding in which a linguistic element that is part of one clause operates indirectly as part of another.

Example:

What do you think happened? [What do you think? / What happened?]
He earns a lot more money than he admits. [He earns a lot more money than … / He admits he earns]

Confusion over pushdown with a relative clause is a common cause of hypercorrection:He was searching for his parents whom he hoped were still alive [He was searching for his parents who .. were still alive / He hoped they were still alive]

Pushdown (exercise)

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Pushdown on a cable machine

A pushdown is a strength training exercise used for strengthening the triceps muscles in the back of the arm. The exercise is completed by pushing an object downward against resistance. It is a little known fact that doing the triceps pushdown also works the biceps muscle as well.^{[citation needed]} This is also vice-versa for the bicep curls, which work the triceps.^{[citation needed]}

v t e Strength training exercises

Quadriceps (front of legs)	Squat (c) · Leg press (c) · Lunge (c) · Leg raise (c) · Leg extension (i)

Hamstrings (back of legs)	Deadlift (c) · Leg curl (i)

Calves	Calf raise (i)

Pectorals (chest)	Bench press (c) · Chest fly (i) · Machine fly (i) · Push-up (c)

Lats and trapezius (upper back)	Bent-over row (c) · Chin-up (c) · Pulldown (c) · Pullup (c) · Seated row (c) · Shoulder shrug (i) · Supine row (c)

Deltoids (shoulders)	Front raise (i) · Handstand push-up (c) · Lateral raise (i) · Military press (c) · Shoulder press (c) · Upright row (c) · Rear delt raise (i)

Biceps (front of arms)	Biceps curl (i)

Triceps (back of arms)	Dip (c) · Pushdown (i) · Triceps extension (i)

Abdomen and obliques (belly)	Crunch (i) · Sit-up (i) · Leg raise (c) · (any rotational movement will engage the obliques)

Lower back	Back extension (i) · Deadlift (c) · Good-morning (c) · Hyperextension (c)

See also: · Calisthenics · Bodyweight exercise · Weight training (List of exercises) · Bodybuilding · Weightlifting · Gym Legend: (c) - compound exercise, (i) - isolated exercise

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