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shoved off

shoved off is the simple past and past participle of shove off.

Meaning of shove off

Verb

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

  1. To set a boat in motion by pushing with an oar or boathook.
    • And so my boys and I stood on the bank of the Snake River in the spring of ’98, feeling that ancient urge to shove off.[…]But we had a brand-new canoe and the paddles were in hand and, sure, I have never floated the Snake in a canoe, not any other river for that matter, but what the heck.2021 [2001], John Eldredge, chapter 1, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 4
  2. (imperative, informal, often) To leave or scram.
    • Well, it looks like it's time to go. Let's shove off.

Questions about shoved off

What is shoved off the simple past and past participle of?
Shoved off is the simple past and past participle of shove off.

Words near shoved off in the dictionary

  1. shoved
  2. shoved about
  3. shoved around
  4. shoved down
  5. shoved it up your ass
  6. shoved off
  7. shoved on
  8. shoved over
  9. shoved something down someone's throat
  10. shoved the queer
  11. shoved up

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