push off
— phrasal verb with push uk/pʊʃ/us/pʊʃ/verb
(GO)
mainly UK slang used to rudely tell someone to go away:
He told me to push off.
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Phrases telling people to go away
- (go and) take a running jump idiom
- beat it! idiom
- begone
- bike
- bog
- bog off
- bugger
- buzz
- fly
- go (and) jump in the lake idiom
- go fly a kite idiom
- go play with yourself! idiom
- go to blazes idiom
- hop
- push
- shoo
- shove
- sling your hook idiom
- sod off
- take a hike! idiom
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(IN WATER)
to push against the side of a pool, lake, or river in order to move your body or a boat away from the side:
He pushed off from the side of the pool and swam slowly to the other side.
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Pushing and shoving
- barge
- bring
- bring sb down
- bundle
- dig
- force
- frogmarch
- heave
- jostle
- nudge
- propel
- push
- push sb/sth over
- ram
- repel
- scrum
- shove
- stab
- upend
- wheel
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