push off

verb

pushed off; pushing off; pushes off

intransitive verb

: set out
we pushed off for home

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 In Greek mythology there was a giant, Antaeus, who lost his strength every time he was pushed off the ground. Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2024 Other journalists at the scene also witnessed the bodies being pushed off the rooftops. Julia Frankel and Majdi Mohammed, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024 The final reading of the budget has been pushed off to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, to give the auditor’s office time to adjust department budgets to reflect the raises. Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024 One concern Fed officials may have is that steeper cuts could, as Bowman expressed, incentivize spending that consumers are currently pushing off, which is helping keep inflation in check. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for push off 

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Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of push off was in 1740

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“Push off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20off. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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