push off
verb
pushed off; pushing off; pushes off
intransitive verb
: set out
we pushed off for home
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
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Example Sentences
let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush
Word History
First Known Use
1740, in the meaning defined above
pushes off
verb
as in exits
to leave a place often for another let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- exits
- moves
- departs
- pushes on
- goes off
- takes off
- goes
- walks out
- peels off
- bugs off
- bails out
- gets
- pulls out
- runs along
- gets off
- bugs out
- parts
- cuts out
- clears off
- digs out
- buggers off
- beats it
- escapes
- takes a powder
- takes a hike
- takes a walk
- clears out
- starts
- evacuates
- flees
- hits the road
- strikes out
- flies
- pulls stakes
- pulls up stakes
- bails
- vamooses
- sets out
- books
- quits
- runs away
- sallies (forth)
- goes out
- shoves (off)
- buzzes (off)
- withdraws
- retires
- steps (along)
- pikes (out or off)
- retreats
- packs (up or off)
- gets out
- scarpers
- skips
- emigrates
- lights out
- steps out
- mizzles
- deserts
- scrams
- decamps
- removes
- absconds
- abandons
- scats
- vacates
- forsakes
- adjourns
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- turns up
- comes
- arrives
- remains
- stays
- dwells
- shows up
- approaches
- settles
- abides
- lodges
- lands
- reaches
- hits
- closes
- nears
- tarries
- space heater
- space heating
- space isomerism
- space key
- space lattice
- space mark
- space medicine
- space motion
- space opera
- space out
- space probe
- space quantization
- space reddening
- space reddenings
- space rule
- space shuttle
- space stage
- space station
- space suit
- space velocity
- space walk
- space washer
- space writer
- space-age
- space-charge effect