Collocations for "shove"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shove" in context.
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shove
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [huge, quick, rough, powerful, playful] shove
- gave him a shove (towards)
- felt a shove in his [shoulder, back]
- pushed [aside, out the way, open] with a shove
- [dislodged, moved] the car with a shove
- moved the [table, bed, desk] with a shove
- gave the [table] a shove
- a quick push and a shove
- idiom: [when, if] push comes to shove
- shoved him out [the door, of the room, of the way]
- shoved her in the back
- the [shoppers, spectators, police] were shoving
- shoving [forward, backward]
- stop shoving!
- shoved the [door, window, lid] shut
- shove the [table, chairs, dresser] across the [floor, room, house]
- shoved him against the [wall, door]
- shove him [accidentally, intentionally, indiscriminately]
- shove [clothes, underwear, things] in a suitcase
- shoving up to the [bar, door, front, exit]
- shoving towards the [bar]
- shove into [the stadium, the shop, me]
- shove a [bill, draft, law] through
- time to shove off
- UK: shove off!
'shove' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):