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push off

• use an oar, boathook, etc. to exert pressure so as to move a boat out from shore or away from another vessel.
• "we pushed off and rowed out into midstream"
• go away.
• "I was here first, go on, push off!"
Similar: go away, depart, leave, take oneself off, take off, get out, get out of my sight, go, go your way, get going, get moving, be off, take your leave, decamp, absent yourself, be off with you, shoo, hit the road, fly, skedaddle, split, vamoose, scat, scram, make yourself scarce, be on your way, run along, beat it, get, get lost, shove off, buzz off, clear off, skip off, pop off, go (and) jump in the lake, on your bike, go and chase yourself, get stuffed, sling your hook, hop it, bog off, naff off, bug off, light out, haul off, haul ass, take a powder, hit the trail, take a hike, rack off, nick off, voetsak, hamba, begone, avaunt, piss off, fuck off, sod off, bugger off,
Opposite: stay, remain,


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