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
One is an inability to get out of a deep couch or chair, especially one that doesn’t have arms to push off of; the other is a sharp decline in handwriting quality.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
During the Biden administration, the Education Department pushed off recommencing involuntary collections until after the 2024 presidential election.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
The collision happened at about 10:30 a.m. and caused the train to be pushed off the tracks, RT said.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
When that happens, all the high-meadow remnants of the Ice Age will be pushed off the top of the mountain and disappear.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
During the Biden administration, the Education Department pushed off recommencing involuntary collections until after the 2024 presidential election.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
The collision happened at about 10:30 a.m. and caused the train to be pushed off the tracks, RT said.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
When that happens, all the high-meadow remnants of the Ice Age will be pushed off the top of the mountain and disappear.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push off
Verb
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Crisis response is best handled when teams move together.—
Matthew Polega,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Through the soil created by centuries of decomposing plant life, through rocks ground down by shifting rivers and slowly moving mountains.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Here, exiting through the gift shop—fittingly named Lucky Rabbit—is a way to keep the story going at home.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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The pilot and three passengers were able to safely exit the plane.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Your domestic flight will depart at least three hours later than scheduled, or your international flight will depart at least six hours late.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
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According to flight tracker Flightradar24, the plane departed at 2:36 p.m. and returned to the ground at 3:22 p.m.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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The Raptors got within one on a 3-pointer by Jamal Shead with 3:56 to go.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
20 July 2025
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Brian Harman got the best of the weather — surprising sunshine — and took dead aim in his hunt for another claret jug.—
Doug Ferguson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
Verb
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Yet analysts, employees and even the company have said Target faces issues that go well beyond the economy.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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The action by the state legislature, set to go into effect in 2026, has already led Scott to completely reshape the business model of what has been 7 Point Farm and Apothecary, formerly in the Midway Center on Lebanon Road.—
Maria Leontaras,
The Tennessean,
15 July 2025
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Deadline revealed several months back that the broadcaster faced a dilemma over whether to push on with the show while engulfed in scandal around Roberts’ failure to disclose that a young narrator in Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone was the son of a Hamas minister.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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With Andrey Santos being a late replacement for Reece James — who pulled out of the line-up after feeling tightness during the warm-up — Chelsea’s shape tweaked once again with Santos operating as a lone pivot as Enzo Fernandez pushed on in midfield.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
Verb
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But when Morejón was named a replacement for Zack Wheeler, who pulled out in order to rest during the All-Star break, that is the one that tickled the Padres the most.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
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However, Giles was forced to pull out of the fight due to an injury suffered during his weight cut.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Like leave us alone, like get off of our land, like get the army out of our villages.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
13 July 2025
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The final round got off to a bad start for the 25-year-old, bogeying the first hole.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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“Push off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20off. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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