push off

Verb

 * 1)  To go away; to get lost.
 * 2)  to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.
 * 3)  To delay, postpone, put off, push back.
 * 4) * 1826, James Prior, Memoir of the Life and Character of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, Second Edition, Volume II, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy (publisher), page 210:
 * Far from precipitating that event therefore he pushed it off until the very last moment, when, in fact, there was no alternative left him.
 * 1) * 2007 July 17, Jennifer Upshaw, Loch Lomond decision delayed, in Marin Independent Journal:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2007 September 12, Christina Chaplain, Government Accountability Office, GAO-07-1088R Space Based Infrared System High Program and its Alternative, DIANE Publishing, ISBN 9781422397930, page 3:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2010 August 3, Mark Arsenault, “Reid pushes vote on off-shore drilling legislation to after August recess”, Boston.com (The Boston Globe online):
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2010 August 3, Mark Arsenault, “Reid pushes vote on off-shore drilling legislation to after August recess”, Boston.com (The Boston Globe online):
 * 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.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:go away