Meaning of push off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To go away; to get lost.
   colloquial, imperative, intransitive, often
2. to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.
   intransitive
3. To delay, postpone, put off, push back.
   transitive

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“It deferred capabilities, such as mobile data processors for the Air Force and the Army and a fully compliant backup mission control facility, and it pushed off a decision to procure the third and fourth satellites.”

“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today pushed off a planned vote on legislation to reform rules for off-shore oil drilling, because the bill lacked the votes to overcome Republican opposition.”

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