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told someone where to shove it

told someone where to shove it is the simple past and past participle of tell someone where to shove it.

Meaning of tell someone where to 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

Questions about told someone where to shove it

What is told someone where to shove it the simple past and past participle of?
Told someone where to shove it is the simple past and past participle of tell someone where to shove it.

Words near told someone where to shove it in the dictionary

  1. told noses
  2. told of
  3. told off
  4. told on
  5. told someone where to get off
  6. told someone where to shove it
  7. told tales
  8. told tales out of school
  9. told the time
  10. told the truth
  11. told the truth and shamed the devil

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