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trud

to thrust, push

Latin · trudere / trusus

Trud and trus come from Latin 'to push'. The prefix shows direction: in-trude pushes in, pro-trude pushes forward, ex-trude pushes out, ob-trude pushes against someone.

Memory trick

A thrusting trumpet: you push your way in. Trud = thrust.

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