Synonyms

push off

British

verb

Also: push out. to move into open water, as by being cast off from a mooring
informal (intr) to go away; leave

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push off Idioms

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]

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Such a scenario could delay or even push off any Fed rate cuts this year.

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Truus shuffles into position with the little ones on either side of her, and we push off from the jetty.

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C.C. positioned herself to push off into flight as Duane reached out to gently touch her wing.

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I take that as a yes, and push off and pedal through the night.

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