(~s, shoving, ~d)
1.
If you ~ someone or something, you push them with a quick, violent movement.
He ~d her out of the way...
He’s the one who ~d me...
She ~d 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 ~ towards the house.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ something somewhere, you push it there quickly and carelessly.
We ~d 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 ~, you are talking about what you think will happen if a situation becomes very bad or difficult. (INFORMAL)
If push comes to ~, if you should lose your case in the court, what will you do?...
PHRASE: V inflects