push off

verb

1. Also: push out. to move into open water, as by being cast off from a mooring

2. informal,  (intr) to go away; leave

Idioms and Phrases

Also, shove off. Leave, set out, depart, as in The patrol pushed off before dawn, or It's time to shove off. This usage alludes to the literal meaning of a person in a boat pushing against the bank or dock to move away from the shore. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

Example Sentences

All the aspects of it are so hard to execute - Berger was at full stretch, moving backwards and trying to push off.

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Merchan could push off Trump’s sentencing another four years, once he’s out of the White House and a private citizen again.

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Kershaw’s left big toe — a key component in his ability to push off the rubber as a left-handed pitcher — has been compromised by a bone spur that flared up during an Aug. 30 start in Arizona.

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“If you can’t push off,” Kershaw said, “you can’t create what you need to create.”

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“Throwing off the mound, that turf mound, felt a little better today. So I feel like I’m doing enough to keep my arm going. It’s not there yet to be able to push off for a full game. But it’s getting better.”

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