push away
verb1
Literally To apply a force to (an entity) such that it moves to a more distant position.
2
Figuratively 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):