push out

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

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.
  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[edit]

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.

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