push off

Related to word: push

片語動詞

Definition (leave)

  1. a phrase used to impolitely instruct someone to leave

    • At the party, I couldn't help but tell him to push off when he kept interrupting us.

    • Her friends thought her boyfriend sounded annoying, so they suggested that she tell him to push off.

    • Not wanting to deal with those boring people, I decided to just tell them to push off.

Definition (movement)

  1. to press against the edge of a body of water to propel oneself or a vessel away from it

    • We set our small boat by the lakeside and then pushed off, propelling it into the open waters.

    • She pushed off from the dock, accelerating the boat's movement.

    • As the tide receded, the sailors began to push off, getting the small boats away from the pier.