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

Your early 70s may be an ideal time to both push off your RMDs and increase your later-in-life income by purchasing a Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract (or QLAC). —Steve Parrish, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

Later he was pushed off the puck on the retrieval leading to Washington gaining possession. —Omar White, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024

Employees also de-prioritized things that could be pushed off until mid-January. —Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024

And with some in Congress now suggesting that TikTok might need more time to find a buyer, Trump could find support in trying to push off the ban to a later date. —Clare Duffy, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above