push off

verb

pushed off; pushing off; pushes off

intransitive verb

: set out

we pushed off for home

Synonyms

• bail
• bail out
• begone
• book [slang]
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off [British slang]
• buzz (off)
• clear off [chiefly British]
• clear out
• cut out
• depart
• dig out
• exit
• get
• get off
• go
• go off
• move
• pack (up or off)
• part
• peel off
• pike (out or off)
• pull out
• push on
• quit
• run along
• sally (forth)
• scarper [British]
• shove (off)
• step (along)
• take off
• vamoose
• walk out

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

While monthly student loan bills resumed in the fall of 2023, former President Joe Biden’s Education Department pushed off recommencing involuntary collections until after the 2024 presidential election. —Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025

The financial technology company has reportedly pushed off plans to start marketing shares Monday, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing sources familiar with the matter. —Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025

Small microaggressions seem innocent or can be pushed off in the moment, but dealing with them repeatedly gets under your skin and eventually wears you down. —Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 8 Apr. 2025

The only thing the participants agreed on is that under no circumstances can Palestinians be pushed off their own land. —Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 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