shove

shove
[[t]ʃʌ̱v[/t]]
shoves, shoving, shoved
1) VERB If you shove someone or something, you push them with a quick, violent movement.

[V n prep/adv] He shoved her out of the way...

[V n prep/adv] He was then shoved face down on the pavement...

[V n] He's the one who shoved me...

She shoved as hard as she could.

N-COUNT
Shove is also a noun.

She gave Gracie a shove towards the house.

2) VERB If you shove something somewhere, you push it there quickly and carelessly.

[V n prep/adv] We shoved a copy of the newsletter beneath their door...

[V n prep/adv] He shoved a cloth in my hand.

3) PHRASE: V inflects If you talk about what you think will happen if push comes to shove, you are talking about what you think will happen if a situation becomes very bad or difficult. [INFORMAL]

If push comes to shove, if you should lose your case in the court, what will you do?...

When push comes to shove, you are on your own.


English dictionary. 2008.

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