PUSH OFF Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

push off

verb

Definition of push off

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 And now, after Baldwin’s ascendence drove the team to cut ties with a long-time veteran, the team has gotten an update on the former player after he was pushed off of his newest roster as well. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Pfendler began her 2,400-mile journey on May 21, pushing off from Monterey, and documented her journey with video updates on her @yourowkelsey social media pages. — ABC News, 6 July 2026 Nothing says summer quite like pushing off on an inner tube and floating down a refreshing, natural lazy river as gorgeous landscapes pass by. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2026 Quadriceps strains may result from explosive kicking or pivoting, and calf strains often happen when players push off to sprint or leap for a header. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for push off

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The Tigers won for just the second time in six games to start a three-city West Coast swing and moved within 3 1/2 games of the final wild-card spot in the American League.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
If the proposal moves forward, corporate demographic data related to employee race and gender would be less available to the public.

— Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

Cooper and Hadid sparked dating rumors in October 2023 when they were photographed leaving the West Village restaurant Via Carota and exiting via the same SUV, per the Daily Mail.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Brent's price careened between $72 and $102 last month as worries rose and fell about when the war with Iran would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Persian Gulf again to deliver crude to customers worldwide.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of exit

Verb

Her exit follows the resignations last week of acting Chief Financial Officer Steve Mahr and Deputy CFO Noor Shaikh in June — coming after CFO Jill Jaworski departed at the beginning of this year.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Jimmy Coe, for example, said in an email to the larger airport that during his visit to Orlando in 2022, his taxi driver erroneously drove him to the Orlando airport instead of the Sanford airport where his Allegiant flight was departing.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of depart

Verb

Second, and perhaps more scientific (as far as these things go) is the fact that Sunfyre had not, in any way, begun to rot.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
And Eno and myself at that time were coming into the studio a little bit earlier than everybody in the morning just to get something going.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of go

Verb

At age 16, Armstrong made his first solo flight and got his pilot's license.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Also, the Grindr is all guys either dressed up for pup play or wearing ladies’ panties, which is also not my idea of a good time, but slightly better than getting your foot stuck in a wet, mossy hole.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of get

Verb

So why did Stephenson stop in the middle of a 10-mile run Saturday morning to pull out his phone and try to sign up his family to do it all over again?

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026
Then, one of the men can be seen pulling out a gun, shooting at the influencer and immediately fleeing the scene.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of pull out

Verb

And the 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport and I did not get off to the best of starts.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Taylor, 24, was the Rays’ first-round pick in 2023 out of TCU and got off to a good start in his pro career before struggling mightily at Double-A Montgomery in 2025.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of get off

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