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push off

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push off
to leave. The settlers who pushed off for the far west opened the land for farming.
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I looked with sympathetic awe and fearfulness upon the man, who in mid-winter just landed from a four years' dangerous voyage, could so unrestingly push off again for still another tempestuous term.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Fix saw them leave the carriage and push off in a boat for the steamer, and stamped his feet with disappointment.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
Peter tried hard not to look, he tried to push off, then he gave a great gulp and jumped ashore and sat down miserably in the snow.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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