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shove on

shove on verb: to force or pressure (someone) into accepting something.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To force or pressure (someone) into accepting something.
    • He shoved a spicy dish on me.
  2. (intransitive) To depart or move forward, especially when resuming wandering or continuing progress.
    • You've been here awhile, but you better shove on from my town soon.

Forms of shove on

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

Questions about shove on

What does shove on mean?
Shove on means to force or pressure (someone) into accepting something.
What part of speech is shove on?
Shove on is a verb.
What is the past tense of shove on?
The past tense of shove on is shoved on.

Words near shove on in the dictionary

  1. shove in the mouth
  2. shove it
  3. shove it up your ass
  4. shove knife
  5. shove off
  6. shove on
  7. shove over
  8. shove something down someone's throat
  9. shove the queer
  10. shove up
  11. shove-it

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