as in to move
to leave a place often for another
let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush
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Recent Examples of push off
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.
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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
And they didn’t get scolded or pushed off or told to get off.
—USA Today, 21 May 2025
What are the different ways bullying can show up?
Violence
There's no real graphic violence in the movie, but here are some examples of aggressiveness and physicality that show up:
A girl is pushed off a stage during a performance.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 20 May 2025
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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
And they didn’t get scolded or pushed off or told to get off.
—USA Today, 21 May 2025
What are the different ways bullying can show up?
Violence
There's no real graphic violence in the movie, but here are some examples of aggressiveness and physicality that show up:
A girl is pushed off a stage during a performance.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push off
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Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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If the bill moves ahead, the long-term combination of benefit reductions and swelling federal debt could outweigh the benefits of tax cuts for younger Americans, the Penn Wharton analysis said.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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These hiking physical human augmentation wearables are exiting the Trough of Disillusionment, led by three factors that work in their favor: low price, influencer content, and public demonstrations.—
Borislav "Bobby" Marinov,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Instead, Canada exits at the quarterfinal stage — not to the USMNT, Mexico or upstart Panama, but to Guatemala, which entered the tournament ranked 84th in the world according to the Elo Ratings and 106th in the FIFA rankings.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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Over time, many of the drivers of their upside, from George Springer to Carlos Correa to Gerrit Cole to Justin Verlander to Tucker and Bregman, departed.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The criminal complaint alleges that she was captured on surveillance footage carrying a black backpack entering the locker room area, appearing to take a photo of the vicinity, and departing without the backpack.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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As New York closed in on Tuesday's vote, more investors got nervous as the polls showed Mamdani was leading.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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Daniels gets his guy Aiyuk, who's the younger, and potentially better receiver.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Simple lifestyle and dietary changes are usually all that is needed to get back on track when things go awry.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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But there is no going all the way back; their faith and trust have been irreparably damaged.—
KORI SCHAKE,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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These ears are actually distorted spiral arms that were likely given their shape from a combination of wind pushing on the gas and the rotation of the galaxy itself, according to the researchers.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 June 2025
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Literature is often pushed on allegedly reluctant men as a machine for empathy.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
24 June 2025
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The House of Representatives has passed legislation which its supporters say aims to stop U.S. funds from ending up in the hands of the Taliban, which took control of Afghanistan after the U.S. pulled out of the country in 2021.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Ominously, Iranian officials are already publicly hinting at pulling out of a key treaty – the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT – designed to monitor and prevent the global spread of nuclear weapons.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
23 June 2025
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Set up your account today to capitalize on this chance and get off to a fast start with DraftKings Sportsbook.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Last time out Buehler walked a career-worst seven batters, and things didn’t get off to a promising start on Sunday either when the Blue Jays tagged the veteran for back-to-back home runs out of the gate.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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“Push off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20off. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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