Synonyms of pushing off

pushing off

verb

present participle of push off

as in departing

to leave a place often for another

let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• departing
• exiting
• moving
• running along
• pulling out
• going
• pushing on
• stepping (along)
• walking out
• getting off
• peeling off
• digging out
• getting
• taking off
• shoving (off)
• going off
• cutting out
• buzzing (off)
• packing (up or off)
• bailing out
• clearing out
• clearing off
• bugging out
• beating it
• sallying (forth)
• buggering off
• starting
• hitting the road
• evacuating
• taking a hike
• escaping
• fleeing
• bugging off
• taking a powder
• pulling stakes
• flying
• parting
• piking (out or off)
• bailing
• striking out
• setting out
• quitting
• running away
• booking
• getting out
• vamoosing
• retiring
• going out
• withdrawing
• stepping out
• scarpering
• retreating
• emigrating
• skipping
• lighting out
• mizzling
• abandoning
• removing
• absconding
• deserting
• vacating
• forsaking
• scramming
• decamping
• scatting
• adjourning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• showing up
• arriving
• remaining
• turning up
• staying
• settling
• abiding
• lodging
• dwelling
• approaching
• closing
• nearing
• reaching
• hitting
• tarrying
• landing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pushing off

Pfendler began her 2,400-mile journey on May 21, pushing off from Monterey, and documented her journey with video updates on her @yourowkelsey social media pages. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

Sprinting entails pushing off with your feet and abruptly activating your calf muscles. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Nothing says summer quite like pushing off on an inner tube and floating down a refreshing, natural lazy river as gorgeous landscapes pass by. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2026

Before pushing off from the beach, guides explain the deep spiritual connection the kamaʻāina (native born) have with the ocean and its inhabitants. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 14 May 2026

Seattle receiver Golden Tate, after pushing off on the Packers’ Sam Shields (no flag was thrown, naturally), had made what seemed like a belated reach and put a single arm on the ball as Jennings fell to the ground. — Michael Silver, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026

The agreement provides breathing room for Israel and Lebanon to continue diplomacy by pushing off the looming expiration of an initial, 10-day ceasefire brokered last week. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026

They are powered purely by your child pushing off the ground. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026

For-sale inventory tends to be less robust, open houses are fewer and the effort to travel from home to home in less-than-ideal weather conditions leaves many buyers pushing off a sale until the spring. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026