transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃʌv ]
( shoves, shoving, shoved)
1.
If you shove someone or something, you push them with a quick, violent movement.
He shoved her out of the way...
He’s the one who shoved me...
She shoved as hard as she could.
VERB : V n prep / adv , V n , V
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Shove is also a noun.
She gave Gracie a shove towards the house.
N-COUNT
2.
If you shove something somewhere, you push it there quickly and carelessly.
We shoved a copy of the newsletter beneath their door...
VERB : V n prep / adv
3.
If you talk about what you think will happen if push comes to shove , you are talking about what you think will happen if a situation becomes very bad or difficult. ( INFORMAL )
If push comes to shove, if you should lose your case in the court, what will you do?...
PHRASE : V inflects