push away

English

Verb

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

1. (literally) To apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position.
2. (figurative) To reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about (something unpleasant).

Translations

(literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position

• Khiamniungan Naga: thòikhūa
• Russian: оттолкну́ть (ru) impf (ottolknútʹ), отта́лкивать (ru) pf (ottálkivatʹ)
• Ukrainian: відшто́вхувати impf (vidštóvxuvaty), відштовхну́ти pf (vidštovxnúty)

(figuratively) to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about

• Russian: оттолкну́ть (ru) impf (ottolknútʹ), отта́лкивать (ru) pf (ottálkivatʹ)
• Ukrainian: відшто́вхувати impf (vidštóvxuvaty), відштовхну́ти pf (vidštovxnúty)