push off

Definitions

1. 1

   To go away

   To go away; to get lost.

   • I looked with sympathetic awe and fearfulness upon the man, who in mid-winter just landed from a four years’ dangerous voyage, could so unrestingly push off again for still another tempestuous term.
2. 2

   to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push…

   to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.

3. 3

   To delay, postpone, put off, push back.

   • Far from precipitating that event therefore he pushed it off until the very last moment, when, in fact, there was no alternative left him.
   • After hours of detailed debate stretching late into the night Monday, the San Rafael City Council pushed off a decision until Aug. 6 to allow for further deliberation.

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