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Definition of
shove noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
shove
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ʃʌv
/
/
[
usually singular
]
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a strong push
You have to
give
the door
a shove
or it won't close.
Idioms
when push comes to shove
(
informal
)
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when there is no other choice; when everything else has failed
See
shove
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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shove
verb
shove off
phrasal verb
shove over
phrasal verb
shove it
when push comes to shove
Phrasal verbs
shove off
phrasal verb
shove over
phrasal verb
Idioms
shove it
when push comes to shove
Nearby words
shout-out
noun
shove
verb
shove
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shovel
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shovel
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