push off

verb

pushed off; pushing off; pushes off

intransitive verb

: set out

we pushed off for home

Synonyms of push off

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

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

Aside from lowering the odds of ice forming, the road treatments in North Texas are meant to keep precipitation from bonding to the pavement — so it can be churned into slush by traffic or pushed off the road by crews, Hartzel said. —Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026

For now, his priority is getting Bristol City’s promotion push off the ground, and Struber sounds super motivated on that front. —Stuart James, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026

Gliding, pushing off, and stopping were a breeze, and the skates were plenty responsive during lessons on the ice. —Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026

One reason might be that boomers are working longer, pushing off retirement and, with it, extra time to help watch the grandkids. —Holly Garcia, Parents, 11 Jan. 2026

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