push out

See also: pushout

English

Verb

push out (third-person singular simple present pushes out, present participle pushing out, simple past and past participle pushed out)

1. (transitive) To force (someone) to leave a group.
   • 2024 July 10, Christian Wolmar, “The future of the rail franchises is certainly uncertain”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 50:

     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.

2. (transitive) To extrude.
3. (intransitive) To travel away from shore in a watercraft by physical effort.
   • 1914, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest (page 14)

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

Noun

push out (plural push outs)

1. (billiards) In 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.

Anagrams

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