push off

verb

pushed off; pushing off; pushes off

intransitive verb

: set out
we pushed off for home

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
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At least eight homes in the town of Kipnuk were pushed off their foundations, and at least four homes in the town of Kwigillingok were inundated by the flooding, according to Alaska State Troopers. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025 The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) confirmed Sunday that eight homes in Kipnuk have been pushed off their foundations, while multiple houses in Kwigillingok have floated to different parts of town or across rivers, with some residents still trapped inside. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025 In both France and Russia popular political satire shows with puppets ran afoul of those in power and were pushed off the air. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025 That has included a growing number of tech and IT firms taking their place, pushing off the likes of print publishers and old-line industrial companies in the process. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for push off

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of push off was in 1740

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“Push off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20off. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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