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shoves up

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

Meaning of shove up

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

Questions about shoves up

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

Words near shoves up in the dictionary

  1. shoves off
  2. shoves on
  3. shoves over
  4. shoves something down someone's throat
  5. shoves the queer
  6. shoves up
  7. shovey
  8. shovin'
  9. shoving
  10. shoving about
  11. shoving around

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