push off

verb

pushed off; pushing off; pushes off

intransitive verb

: set out

we pushed off for home

Synonyms

• bail
• bail out
• begone
• book [slang]
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off [British slang]
• buzz (off)
• clear off [chiefly British]
• clear out
• cut out
• depart
• dig out
• exit
• get
• get off
• go
• go off
• move
• pack (up or off)
• part
• peel off
• pike (out or off)
• pull out
• push on
• quit
• run along
• sally (forth)
• scarper [British]
• shove (off)
• step (along)
• take off
• vamoose
• walk out

Examples of push off in a Sentence

let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush

Recent Examples on the Web

The move will push off the prospect of a no-confidence vote in the House of Commons until this time. —Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025

Cunningham got fed up and pushed off, handing possession back to Denver. —Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024

Scream paramount+ Taxi Driver Year: 1976 Runtime: 1h 53m Director: Martin Scorsese One of Martin Scorsese’s early masterpieces, Taxi Driver is the wildly influential story of a man pushed off the edge of sanity, featuring a fearless performance from a young Robert De Niro. —Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024

But Rojas, who has hopes of becoming the first Latino speaker of the House, is less than happy about pushing off that possibility from the end of a third Ritter term as speaker in January 2027 to the conclusion of a fourth one in 2029. —Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above