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

I will just have to hope they do not check the cargo hold for stowaways before we push off.

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Some keepers bring their foot inwards so they can use it to push off before jumping towards the corner of the goal.

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A group of cyclists had been waiting patiently for their turn to push off in what was a regular time trial event.

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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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