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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
According to the survey, 40% of Gen Zers reported pushing off banking for as long as possible, while around 20% of Gen Zers believe banks do not want them as customers.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 21 May 2024
There's an interesting subplot involving Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, who is draft eligible as a third-year sophomore and could be pushed off the fence and into April's draft with two solid games to end the year.
—Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024
But Republicans were unable to reach agreement on a number of them, forcing the speaker to reach across the aisle to push off those deadlines yet again.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
And in athletes, the strength and flexibility in the big toe area that’s encouraged by barefoot shoes can help with push off, power, and agility.
—Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2024
Status: Design board commissioners, split on the project, decided to push off the matter to its July 2023 meeting.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
Hollywood’s largest studios had hoped to push off questions about regulating AI until at least the 2026 round of master contract negotiations, Crabtree-Ireland said.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
With the Federal Reserve pushing off any substantive conversation around rate cuts until later in 2024, the yields available via staking continue to be attractive.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
Financial aid submissions that the federal government typically processed in five to seven days are being pushed off till March, the counselors reported.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1740, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Push off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20off. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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