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

Dan dan noodles were pushed off the menu in favor of the new cheesy tortilla dish. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025

Lawmakers also pushed off some issues to be debated further during budget negotiations between the Legislature and Newsom. —Calmatters, Mercury News, 27 May 2025

If its low reimbursement rates are reduced further, or millions of beneficiaries are pushed off its rolls, a wave of facility closures could follow — starting with many rural hospitals. —Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025

Parents can try limiting their child’s access to social media by pushing off giving them a smartphone for as long as possible or enforcing house rules that limit smartphone use, including keeping phones in common areas like the living room or handing them back to parents before bedtime. —Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for push off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff