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
pushing off
verb
as in exiting
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
- exiting
- moving
- departing
- running along
- pulling out
- pushing on
- walking out
- digging out
- getting off
- peeling off
- taking off
- cutting out
- going off
- bailing out
- clearing out
- clearing off
- bugging out
- going
- beating it
- getting
- buggering off
- bugging off
- taking a hike
- taking a powder
- taking a walk
- pulling stakes
- hitting the road
- pulling up stakes
- stepping (along)
- starting
- shoving (off)
- buzzing (off)
- escaping
- evacuating
- setting out
- fleeing
- striking out
- packing (up or off)
- piking (out or off)
- flying
- sallying (forth)
- parting
- bailing
- running away
- quitting
- getting out
- going out
- vamoosing
- stepping out
- booking
- lighting out
- retiring
- withdrawing
- scarpering
- retreating
- emigrating
- skipping
- mizzling
- removing
- abandoning
- scramming
- absconding
- deserting
- scatting
- decamping
- vacating
- forsaking
- adjourning
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- turning up
- coming
- arriving
- remaining
- showing up
- staying
- settling
- lodging
- abiding
- dwelling
- approaching
- closing
- nearing
- reaching
- hitting
- tarrying
- landing