push out

present singular third person pushes out · participle present pushing out · participle past pushed out · past pushed out

1. transitiveTo force (someone) to leave a group.

   One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have already thrown the towel in or been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express.

   2024 July 10, Christian Wolmar, “The future of the rail franchises is certainly uncertain”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 50

2. transitiveTo extrude.
3. intransitiveTo travel away from shore in a watercraft by physical effort.

   The last of the morning flight of noisy wawas going fieldwards were streaming from the water when I pushed out in the canoe […]

   1914, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest, page 14

plural push outs

1. ball gamesIn nine ball pool, an optional shot after a legal break shot where a player is allowed to hit any ball first, or not any, as well as not hit a rail, and the opponent can choose who shoots the next shot.