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单词 push off
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  • Here we made the “tinkering” and the “first push-off” shots.

    Down the Columbia|Lewis R. Freeman

  • Then get against the side of the tank, and placing the ball ten or twelve feet away, try to secure it with one hand on a push-off.

    Swimming Scientifically Taught|Frank Eugen Dalton and Louis C. Dalton

push off

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verb (adverb)

Also: push out to move into open water, as by being cast off from a mooring
(intr) informal to go away; leave

Words nearby push off

push-in, pushing, push it, Pushkin, push money, push off, push on, push one's luck, pushout, pushover, push paper
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Idioms and Phrases with push off

push off

Also, shove off. Leave, set out, depart, as in The patrol pushed off before dawn, or It's time to shove off. This usage alludes to the literal meaning of a person in a boat pushing against the bank or dock to move away from the shore. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

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Words related to push off

beat it, blow, continue, depart, exit, fare, get off, go, hie, journey, launch, light out, pass, proceed, process, pull out, quit, repair, shove off, start
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