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shoves off

shoves off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 shoves off

What is shoves off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shoves off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shove off.

Words near shoves off in the dictionary

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

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