push off

[push off] or [shove off] {v.}

1. To push a boat away from the shore.

* /Before Tom could reach the boat, Jake had shoved off./

2. {slang} To start; leave.

* /We were ready to push off at ten o'clock, but had to wait for Jill./

* /Jim was planning to stay at the beach all day, but when the crowds arrived he shoved off./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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