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shove English

Meaning shove meaning

What does shove mean?

shove

— verb (= jostle) come into rough contact with while moving The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train — verb push roughly the people pushed and shoved to get in line — noun the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something) he gave the door a shove — verb (= thrust, stuff) press or force Stuff money into an envelope She thrust the letter into his hand

Synonyms shove synonyms

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shove English » English

push thrust poke jostle stick nudge jab propel stuff stick in drive bump shoulder thrust in stuff in push in hustle force cram in squeeze move hit slide ram prod press knock jog jerk dig butt till thrust forward spade shoot shift put in put pushing push out push forward push aside obtrude jolt impel hold gibe elbow charge carry

Topics shove topics

What do people use shove to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push

Conjugation shove conjugation

How do you conjugate shove?

shove · verb

Examples shove examples

How do I use shove in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I think it's time for me to shove off.
When push comes to shove, a family will close ranks to protect one of their own.
Shove off! I'm busy!
She laughed and gave me a playful shove.
Shove over.
The granny gave me a shove and dashed to the door.
Tom gave Mary a shove.
Tom gave Mary a little shove.
OK, Tom, let's shove off.

Movie subtitles

Uh, mum and dad are flying back from a holiday in the UK in time to shove a roast in the oven. You?
I like you and I'm gonna shove you in ahead of all of them.
Shove ahead out there and don't stick to that everlasting trench warfare!
I'll shove the horses and the cattle right on through.
Come on, Bill. Give it a shove.
Cut out the gabbin' and shove on.
I'll get out and take the handbrake off and give you a little shove.
Oh, I didn't mean to shove you.
Shove her off, men. We're going over the side.
Shove off!
You're not going to shove this kid off, too.
Come on, Charlie, shove off.
Why didn't you shove me away?
And you're not gonna let those grafters shove you behind the eight ball.
I'll shove it right in their faces. I plan to interrogate my suspects head-on.
We gotta gather 'em up and shove 'em along.
Come on. Shove off.
Wait'll I shove it down the sheriff's throat. Come on.
They'll shove you in the bug house.
Can't even shove a guy in this game?
What do you mean, shove a guy?
I'll shove you in as a Commissioner. then you won't feel like you bit off more than you could chew.
Shove it up your arse, Quinn.
You shove it up yours.
Give it a shove.
W-Well, why didn't you shove me away?
Shove over! They've got a shooting gallery mentality.
Nick gave him a shove and threatened to call the police.
Shove the war news to the second page.
Let them shove.
Let go of the brake and I'll shove.
Shove off.

News and current affairs

Whenever push has come to economic shove, America's government has even deliberately devalued the dollar in the interest of economic prosperity.
In the end, if push comes to shove, such military resources matter.
Europe and the rest of the world will have to do their part--abiding by these principles themselves, and giving each other, and America, a shove in the right direction.
Nothing enrages WTO bashers more than suspicions that, when push comes to shove, the WTO allows trade to trump the environment or human rights.
When push came to shove, Varoufakis faced the difficult choice of going along with more of the same, despite knowing that it would fail, or trying to pivot to a new approach.
And if we want democracy along with globalization, we must shove the nation-state aside and strive for greater international governance.
When push comes to shove, domestic politics trumps foreign creditors.
At the moment, the United States Treasury can borrow at a real interest rate of zero for five years - and shove the entire five-year inflation risk onto the lender.
Yet, when push comes to shove, country after country is being dragged into abetting a potentially harmful outcome for the global economy as a whole.
Rather, the risk stems from governments' refusal, when push comes to shove, to match aggregate demand to aggregate supply in order to prevent mass unemployment.
It assumes that, when push comes to shove, political leaders will indeed do what is necessary - the willingness question.

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