push paper

Do administrative, often petty, paperwork. For example, She spent the whole day pushing paper for her boss. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]

Informal

To have one's time taken up by administrative, often seemingly petty, paperwork: spent the afternoon pushing paper for the boss.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chikumbutso	-	Southern African, Chewa
MÉLine	me-LEEN	French
Josefina	ho-se-FEE-nah (Spanish), zhoo-zə-FEE-nə (Portuguese), yoo-se-FEE-nah (Swedish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish
Ashlie	ASH-lee	English (Modern)
Karla	['ka:lə]
Li (2)	-	Hebrew