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shoving off

shoving off is the present participle and gerund 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 shoving off

What is shoving off the present participle and gerund of?
Shoving off is the present participle and gerund of shove off.

Words near shoving off in the dictionary

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

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