push off

verb

pushed off; pushing off; pushes off
Synonyms of push offnext

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
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Every tattoo artist in residence at the shop is on a rotating walk-in schedule to ease customers’ worries of getting pushed off on less experienced tattooers, Vader said. Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026 Too conveniently, Mary is pushed off-stage with a sudden terminal illness, which enables Becket to take his rightful place in the narrative. Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026 For over a century, Black farmers have been systematically denied loans, excluded from federal relief programs and pushed off their land through discriminatory policies and legal loopholes. Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 They are powered purely by your child pushing off the ground. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for push off

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

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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 10 Mar. 2026.

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