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shove up

shove up verb: to move over so as to make room for another.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, informal) To move over so as to make room for another.
    • Shove up, so I can fit in next to you.
    Synonyms:
    shove over

Synonyms of shove up

Forms of shove up

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

Questions about shove up

What does shove up mean?
Shove up means to move over so as to make room for another.
What part of speech is shove up?
Shove up is a verb.
What is the past tense of shove up?
The past tense of shove up is shoved up.

Words near shove up in the dictionary

  1. shove off
  2. shove on
  3. shove over
  4. shove something down someone's throat
  5. shove the queer
  6. shove up
  7. shove-it
  8. shove-its
  9. shoveboard
  10. shoved
  11. shoved about

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