push off
[verb]
Synonyms: go, blow, depart, exit, get away, get off, leave, pull out, quit, withdraw

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push off phrasal verb (see also push)

1. to start moving in a boat, on a bicycle, or when swimming or jumping, by pushing against something with your arms, legs etc:
Dad pushed off and jumped into the rowboat.

2. British English spoken used to tell someone rudely to go away

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push off
to leave.
The settlers who pushed off for the far west opened the land for farming.

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push off
to start, to leave
The boat pushed off from the dock and started out to sea.

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push off
v.
1. To push a boat away from the shore.
Before Tom could reach the boat, Jake had shoved off.
2. slang To start; leave.
We were ready to push off at ten o'clock, but had to wait for Jill.
Jim was planning to stay at the beach all day, but when the crowds arrived he shoved off.

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