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shove about

shove about verb: to bully somebody; to be bossy towards somebody.

Verb

shove about (third-person singular simple present shoves about, present participle shoving about, simple past and past participle shoved about)

  1. (intransitive) To bully somebody; to be bossy towards somebody.

Forms of shove about

third-person singular presentshoves about
present participleshoving about
past participleshoved about
pastshoved about

Questions about shove about

What does shove about mean?
Shove about means to bully somebody; to be bossy towards somebody.
What part of speech is shove about?
Shove about is a verb.
What is the past tense of shove about?
The past tense of shove about is shoved about.

Words near shove about in the dictionary

  1. shouty
  2. Shouyang
  3. shovable
  4. shovavim
  5. shove
  6. shove about
  7. shove around
  8. shove down
  9. shove ha'penny
  10. shove halfpenny
  11. shove in the mouth

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