shove off

shove off
verb
leave; informal or rude
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shove off!

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The children shoved along

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Blow now!

Syn: ↑shove along, ↑blow
Hypernyms: ↑go, ↑go away, ↑depart
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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1) [usu. in imperative] informal go away

shove off-you're bothering the customers

2) push away from the shore or another vessel in a boat

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shove off [phrasal verb]
informal : to leave a place

It's getting late, so I guess I should shove off.

She angrily told him to shove off.

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Main Entry:shove

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ˌshove ˈoff derived
(BrE, informal) used to tell sb rudely to go away

Shove off and leave me alone!

Main entry:shovederived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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