push off

verb

pushed off; pushing off; pushes off

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
Recent Examples on the Web
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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 Showers and a few thunderstorms will develop Wednesday across the mid-Atlantic region this afternoon into the evening, and will push off to the east on Thursday, the national weather service office forecast. Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 May 2025 Across the street from the Gold Dome, budget writers from both parties trimmed, hacked, massaged and pushed off payments to balance a budget that started $1.2 billion out of whack. Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for push off

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 2 Jun. 2025.

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