I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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But Gazzer felt himself being shoved off a cliff into unconsciousness.
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Slowly, as fast as they could, the Macleans shoved off for home.
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Assert yourself and tell him to shove off , or just ignore him and put the phone down.
■ NOUN
hand
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Hank made a vulgar sound of distaste, shoved his hands in his pockets and continued on his way.
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But the boy shoved hands in his jacket and looked around him while Paul changed his shoes.
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Next moment a large piece of kitchen roll had been shoved into her hand .
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I shoved my hands against my ears.
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I shoved a hand into a pocket and pulled out a ball and placed it on his outstretched palm.
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In my haste I had shoved the wrong hand into the wrong pocket and pulled out the wrong ball!
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Cheswick shoves his hand higher and glares around.
throat
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But my brokers were complaining that I was shoving them down their throats .
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They sit still as cameras are shoved down their throats .
way
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So Gloria had shoved it out of the way under the bed.
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Tony shoved his way through the crowd.
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A white giant in a black T-shirt shoves his way to the bar.
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He was shoving me all the way down.
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It was all full up and in the end I just sort of shoved my way in at the end beside some one.
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Fights broke out between pupils trying to shove their way to the front.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
force/ram/shove sth down sb's throat
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But my brokers were complaining that I was shoving them down their throats .
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His teeth were even and white, and Bernice wanted to ram them down his throat .
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Jess felt like ramming it down his throat .
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The agents poured pepper sauce down their nostrils, or forced water down their throats .
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Torrents of lava would not tumble out to force fire down his throat , torch his tongue.
when/if push comes to shove
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Shove anything you don't want in that sack.
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Armed police shoved the protestors aside to make way for the president's car.
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He bundled the papers together and shoved them into a drawer.
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One of the soldiers shoved her roughly against the wall.
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Peter shoved his way through the dense crowd in search of his son.
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Robert shoved past the others and made his way to the front of the room.
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The children were all pushing and shoving each other.
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The officer removed Schultz' handcuffs and shoved him into a cell.
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The people moved forward towards the food, pushing and shoving to get there first.
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Tom shoved his suitcase under the bed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the entrance he shoved hard.
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Danskin swung at him with the pistol, then shoved Converse aside in pursuit.
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He shoved a piece of paper at me.
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I got mad, because they were so greedy, and tried to shove them away from the chair.
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Not one player shoved an official into the azaleas.
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The policemen exchanged glances; then he pushing and shoving began: You first.
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XTree hopes this move will shove the company into the big league.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
give
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Then she gauged distances and gave the drum a shove .
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Luck would give him a gentle shove in the right direction.
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But she did give him a hefty shove and he nearly fell.
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She stopped and some one gave her a little shove onward.
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I nodded to Keith and gave Thorpey a shove .
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I gave her a good shove , and she sprawled into the muddy waters.
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The notary gave Broussac a vigorous shove which sent my companion sprawling into the open sewer.
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Rawlins gave him a shove to make room; he turned and snarled.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both the transmission controls are heavy, and the all-disc brakes need a hefty shove despite their servo.
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But she did give him a hefty shove and he nearly fell.
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Giving her a final shove , he pushed her inside.
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Luck would give him a gentle shove in the right direction.
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Rekindled and re-leased with a shove , the chandelier began to swing again, describing a larger arc this time.
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She stood her ground and got an almighty shove from Vassily, who smiled at me apologetically as he delivered the blow.
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When the riot had subsided I received affectionate hugs powerful enough to knacker horses and friendly shoves that toppled me over.