відсовувати

Perhaps from відсу́нути (vidsúnuty) +‎ -о́в- (-óv-) +‎ -увати (-uvaty). Compare Belarusian адсо́ўваць (adsóŭvacʹ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): [ʋʲid͡zˈsɔwʊʋɐte]

відсо́вувати • (vidsóvuvaty) impf (perfective відсу́нути) (transitive)

1. to move aside, to move away, to move back, to push aside, to push away, to push back (to move to a remoter place)
2. to push open, to pull open (:bolt, drawer, etc.)
3. (figuratively) to push aside (to marginalize; to sideline)
4. (figuratively) to push back, to put off (to postpone)

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• (all senses): відсува́ти impf (vidsuváty)
• (move aside, push aside): відстороня́ти impf (vidstoronjáty)
• (move away, put off): віддаля́ти impf (viddaljáty)

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “відсовувати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• “відсовувати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970), “відсовувати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – В), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 639
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “відсовувати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “відсовувати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “відсовувати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “відсовувати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)