The weekend sailor pushed himself off on the boat he had been moored to.
•We pushed off on the dock.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
push — ► VERB 1) exert force on (someone or something) so as to move them away from oneself or from the source of the force. 2) move (one s body or a part of it) forcefully into a specified position. 3) move forward by using force. 4) drive oneself or… … English terms dictionary
push — vb Push, shove, thrust, propel mean to use force upon a thing so as to make it move ahead or aside. Push implies the application of force by a body (as a person) already in contact with the body to be moved onward, aside, or out of the way {push… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
push — verb 1》 exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself. ↘hold and exert force on (something) so as to cause it to move in front of one. ↘move one s body or a part of it forcefully into a specified position.… … English new terms dictionary
fight off — {v. phr.} 1. To struggle against someone so as to free oneself; push an attacker back. * /Suzy fought off her two attackers in Central Park with a couple of karate chops./ 2. To strive to overcome something negative. * /After twelve hours at the… … Dictionary of American idioms
fight off — {v. phr.} 1. To struggle against someone so as to free oneself; push an attacker back. * /Suzy fought off her two attackers in Central Park with a couple of karate chops./ 2. To strive to overcome something negative. * /After twelve hours at the… … Dictionary of American idioms
fight\ off — v. phr. 1. To struggle against someone so as to free oneself; push an attacker back. Suzy fought off her two attackers in Central Park with a couple of karate chops. 2. To strive to overcome something negative. After twelve hours at the computer… … Словарь американских идиом
List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English … Wikipedia
pass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gap, gorge; way, opening, notch, defile, passage; free ticket; crisis, predicament, condition,circumstance; leave [of absence]; slang, advance. See love. v. go through or by, bypass; get a passing… … English dictionary for students
put — verb (puts, putting; past and past participle put) 1》 move to or place in a particular position. 2》 bring into a particular state or condition: they tried to put me at ease. ↘express in a particular way: to put it bluntly, he was not really… … English new terms dictionary
leave — I verb 1) I left the hotel Syn: depart from, go away from, go from, withdraw from, retire from, take oneself off from, exit from, take one s leave of, pull out of, be gone from, decamp from, disappear from, vacate, absent oneself from; say one s… … Thesaurus of popular words
stop — [c]/stɒp / (say stop) verb (stopped or, Poetic, stopt, stopping) –verb (t) 1. to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running. 2. to cause to cease; put an end to: to stop noise in the street. 3. to interrupt, arrest, or check (a course …
