shove (redirected from shoves up)

(I) have to shove off. and (I've) got to be shoving off.; (I've) got to shove off.; (I) have to push off.; (It's) time to shove off.

a phrase announcing one's need to depart. John: Look at the time! I have to shove off! Jane: Bye, John. Jane: Time to shove off. I have to feed the cats. John: Bye, Jane. Fred: I have to push off. Bye. Jane: See you around. Bye.

See also: have

push (oneself) off (on something)

[for someone in a boat] to apply pressure to something on the shore, thus propelling the boat and oneself away. The weekend sailor pushed himself off on the boat he had been moored to. We pushed off on the dock.

See also: push

push someone or something off (of) someone or something and push someone or something off

to apply pressure to and force someone or something off someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) He continued to come at me, but I managed to push him off me and escape. I pushed off the attacker.

See also: push

push off and shove off

to leave. (As if one were pushing a boat away from a dock.) Well, it looks like it's time to push off. It's time to go. Let's shove off.

See also: push

shove someone or something down someone's throat and ram someone or something down someone's throat; force someone or something down someone's throat 

1. Lit. to force someone to swallow something. The harsh nurse forced the medicine down the patient's throat. The zookeepers rammed the food down the python's throat.

2. Fig. to force someone to accept something. Don't try to force that car down my throat! I don't want it! You can't force that nonsense down my throat! I don't want any more insurance, and I don't want anyone to shove any insurance down my throat. Mary isn't invited to my party, and I don't wish for anyone to ram her down my throat!

See also: throat

shove someone around 

1. Lit. to push someone around. The bigger boys shoved him around easily because he is so small, Karen shoved around the little kids until they got mad at her.

2. Fig. to harass someone. Stop shoving me around! Who do you think you are? Do you think you can shove around just anybody?

See also: around

shove one's way (somewhere)

to make a path through a crowd by pushing. The impatient man shoved his way through the crowd. The reporter shoved her way to the front of the crowd.

See also: way

when push comes to shove and if push comes to shove

Fig. when things get a little pressed; when the situation gets more active or intense. When push comes to shove, you know I'll be on your side. If push comes to shove at the meeting, the front office can back you up with some statistics.

See also: come, push

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if/when push comes to shove

if you say that something can be done if push comes to shove, you mean that it can be done if the situation becomes so bad that you have to do it Look, if push comes to shove we'll just have to sell the car.

See also: come, if, push

Shove/Stick something up your arse!  (taboo!)

something that you say in order to tell someone in a very angry way that you do not want or need something they could give you Tell Mr Peabody he can take his job and shove it up his arse!

See Kiss my arse!, Lick my arse!, sit on arse, talk out of arse, work arse off

See also: up

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push off

to leave The settlers who pushed off for the far west opened the land for farming.

See also: push

when push comes to shove also if push comes to shove

when all the easy solutions to a problem have not worked, and something must be done Only a few people will really come through for you when push comes to shove.

See also: come, push