"push off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pushes off [present, singular, third-person], pushing off [participle, present], pushed off [participle, past], pushed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push off (third-person singular simple present pushes off, present participle pushing off, simple past and past participle pushed off)
  1. (intransitive, colloquial, often imperative) To go away; to get lost. Tags: colloquial, imperative, intransitive, often Synonyms (go away): go away
    Sense id: en-push_off-en-verb-2qkivijN Disambiguation of 'go away': 100 0 0
  2. (intransitive, basketball) to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-push_off-en-verb-KtnP-2g4 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (transitive) To delay, postpone, put off, push back. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-push_off-en-verb-VtUJ14hz

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007 July 17, Jennifer Upshaw, Loch Lomond decision delayed, in Marin Independent Journal",
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        },
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