Dictionary

push away en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (literally, transitive) To apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about (something unpleasant).
   • I think... I might've... failed Pomni. Just like I failed Jax. Try too hard to get on their good side, and then I just... end up pushing them away! And then they end up hating me! 2025 August 15, Gooseworx, “They All Get Guns” (18:32 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 6, spoken by Ragatha (Amanda Hufford):

Forms

Translations (23)

uk відштовхну́ти ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · uk відшто́вхувати ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · es alejar ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · pl odpychać ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · ru оттолкну́ть ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · ru отта́лкивать ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · es dar un volón ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · pl odpychać ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · ru оттолкну́ть ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · uk відшто́вхувати ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · pl odsunąć ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · es dar un empujón ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · pl odepchnąć ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · ru отта́лкивать ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · pl odsuwać ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · pl odsuwać ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · es rehuir ((''figuratively'') to reject intimacy; to reject friendship or romance; to refuse to accept or think about) · mi hoe ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · es dar un aventón ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · uk відштовхну́ти ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · kix thòikhūa ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · pl odsunąć ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position) · pl odepchnąć ((literally) to apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position)