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tell someone where to shove it

tell someone where to shove it verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, someone, where, shove, it.

Verb

tell someone where to shove it (third-person singular simple present tells someone where to shove it, present participle telling someone where to shove it, simple past and past participle told someone where to shove it)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, someone, where, shove, it.
  2. (colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, vulgar) To express extreme anger, disgust, or hatred toward someone.
    • They're either telling you where to shove it, if you're winning, or telling you where they'd like to shove it given half the chance.2012, Lou Wakefield, Hot to Trot, →ISBN
    • But for two pins I'd hand in blank papers and tell school where to shove Pythagoras triangles and Lord of the Flies and their life cycles of worms.2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 4

tell someone where to shove it meaning in Bengali

tell someone where to shove it in Bengali

কারো প্রতি চরম ক্রোধ, ঘৃণা, বিরক্তি প্রকাশ করা

Forms of tell someone where to shove it

third-person singular presenttells someone where to shove it
present participletelling someone where to shove it
past participletold someone where to shove it
pasttold someone where to shove it
alternative formtell someone where to stick it

Origin of tell someone where to shove it

Euphemistic allusion to the expression shove it up your ass.

Questions about tell someone where to shove it

What does tell someone where to shove it mean?
Tell someone where to shove it means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, someone, where, shove, it.
What is tell someone where to shove it in Bengali?
Tell someone where to shove it in Bengali is কারো প্রতি চরম ক্রোধ, ঘৃণা, বিরক্তি প্রকাশ করা. See Tell someone where to shove it meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tell someone where to shove it?
Tell someone where to shove it is a verb.
What is the past tense of tell someone where to shove it?
The past tense of tell someone where to shove it is told someone where to shove it.

Words near tell someone where to shove it in the dictionary

  1. tell noses
  2. tell of
  3. tell off
  4. tell on
  5. tell someone where to get off
  6. tell someone where to shove it
  7. tell stories
  8. tell story
  9. tell tale
  10. tell tales
  11. tell tales out of school

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