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shoved off

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shove

1  [shuhv] verb, shoved, shov⋅ing, noun
Use shoved off in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to move along by force from behind; push.
2. to push roughly or rudely; jostle.
3. Slang: Often Vulgar. to go to hell with: Voters are telling Congress to shove its new tax plan.
–verb (used without object)
4. to push.
–noun
5. an act or instance of shoving.
—Verb phrase
6. shove off,
a. to push a boat from the shore.
b. Informal. to go away; depart: I think I'll be shoving off now.
—Idioms
7. shove or stick it, Slang (often vulgar). (used to express contempt or belligerence): I told them to take the job and shove it.
8. shove or stick it up your or one's ass, Slang (vulgar). go to hell: a term of contempt, abuse, disagreement, or the like.
9. when or if push comes to shove. push (def. 35).
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME schouven, OE scūfan; c. D schuiven, obs. G schauben, ON skūfa; akin to Goth -skiuban; (n.) ME scou, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
shover, noun
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shove

  1. tv.
    to pass counterfeit money. (Underworld.) : She got sent up for three years for shoving funny-money.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

shove 
O.E. scufan "push away" (class II strong verb; past tense sceaf, pp. scoven), from P.Gmc. *skeub-, *skub- (cf. O.N. skufa, O.Fris. skuva, Du. schuiven, O.H.G. scioban, Ger. schieben "to push, thrust," Goth. af-skiuban) "to put away," from PIE base *skeubh- "to shove" (cf. scuffle, shuffle, shovel; likely cognates outside Gmc. include Lith. skubti "to make haste," skubinti "to hasten"). Replaced by push in all but colloquial and nautical usage. The noun is attested from c.1300. Shove off "leave" (1844) is from boating.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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