shove

[US]/ʃʌv/
[UK]/ʃʌv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. push or thrust with force, push violently, push roughly.

Phrases & Collocations

shove aside

shove forcefully

shove into

shove someone away

Example Sentences

shove a box into the corner

to shove a boat into the water

Woolley shoved past him.

he was shoved around at will.

shove a job off onto others

She will not shove the heavy load onto others.

shove a tray across a table;

The people shoved to get on the bus.

Help me shove this furniture aside.

He shoved me roughly aside.

she shoved the books into her briefcase.

I should have told the selectors to shove it.

she gave him a hefty shove and he nearly fell.

shove off—you're bothering the customers.

Shove over, friend, and make room for me.

when push came to shove, I always stood up for him.

Then we shoved it across the tank like an aquaplane .

I don’t want to sell the house, but if push comes to shove, I might have to.

Tom grabbed up a handful of snow and shoved it down his sister's collar.

I like the way people here always queue up. Back home we just push and shove, and the devil take the hindmost!

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