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shoves over

shoves over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shove over.

Meaning of shove over

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To push over; to push so that it topples.
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) To move aside to make additional room for another person; to scooch or scoot over.
    • […] I stand there over him with my breakfast tray, expecting him to jovially shove over and make room for me on the bench instead of just kind of blinking at me […]2011, Terra Elan McVoy, The Summer of Firsts and Lasts, page 251
    Synonyms:
    shove up

Questions about shoves over

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

Words near shoves over in the dictionary

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

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