push off

verb

pushed off; pushing off; pushes off

intransitive verb

: set out

we pushed off for home

Synonyms

• move
• exit
• depart
• get
• go
• push on
• pull out
• get off
• peel off
• walk out
• take a walk
• run along
• cut out
• go off
• take off
• step (along)
• escape
• clear out
• shove (off)
• clear off [chiefly British]
• dig out
• bail out
• evacuate

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

Questions remain about which countries will be notified, whether anything will change in the days ahead and whether Mr. Trump will once more push off imposing the rates. —CBS News, 6 July 2025

Companies are also pushing off their own decisions about how best to respond to tariffs. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025

The Big Story Trump pushes off decision on Iran action President Trump is expected to make a decision about whether to take direct action against Iran in the next two weeks. —The Hill, 20 June 2025

On Wednesday, a group of Democratic lawmakers in Texas called on Tesla to push off its robotaxi launch until Sept. 1, when Texas rolls out a new slate of self-driving laws. —Samantha Subin, CNBC, 20 June 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