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push off

To delay, postpone, put off, push back.
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Far from precipitating that event therefore he pushed it off until the very last moment, when, in fact, there was no alternative left him.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'push off':

push offTo go away; to get lost.
push offto commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.
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