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shoving up

shoving up is the present participle and gerund 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 shoving up

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

Words near shoving up in the dictionary

  1. shoving off
  2. shoving on
  3. shoving over
  4. shoving something down someone's throat
  5. shoving the queer
  6. shoving up
  7. shovings
  8. Shovlin
  9. Shovlins
  10. Shovuos
  11. show

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