Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To go away 2 (context intransitive basketball English) A foul committed by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction. 3 (context transitive English) To delay, postpone, put off, push back.
Usage examples of "push off".
To push off all the planets it could on Intergalactic, and to bleed the company, there was an Imperial Decree that Intergalactic Mining Company had to own five planets for every one it actively mined.
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.
I looked with sympathetic awe and fearfulness upon the man, who in midwinter just landed from a four years' dangerous voyage, could so unrestingly push off again for still another tempestuous term.
I hate to push off my problem off on you, but you have a visitor on the way.
You had to learn out posture, which makes it possible at any moment to push off from a wall on any side.
They never cease until new leaves come out in the spring to push off the old ones.
Ali started to push off, then caught a movement out of the corner of her eye.