shove and push

shove and push
もみあう 揉み合う

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  • push comes to shove — informal used to describe what happens when a situation becomes very serious or difficult and action needs to be taken He backed down when push came to shove. He ll surrender if push comes to shove. • • • Main Entry: ↑push push comes to shove see …   Useful english dictionary

  • Shove — (sh[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoved} (sh[u^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoving}.] [OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. sc[=u]fan; akin to OFries. sk[=u]va, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[=u]fa, sk[=y]fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • push — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nudge, thrust, shove; pressure, exigency; crisis, pinch; informal, endeavor, effort, drive, determination, perseverance, persistence, aggressiveness. See circumstance. v. t. drive, urge, force; propel …   English dictionary for students

  • shove — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to push someone or something, in a rough or careless way, using your hands or shoulders: shove sb aside/into etc: Secret Service men shoved people aside to make way for the President. | shove sb/sth: Stop shoving me or I ll tell… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • shove — shove1 [ ʃʌv ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to push someone or something with force: Stop shoving me! shove someone to/into/on etc. something: He kicked Jason and shoved some other kid to the ground. pushing and shoving (=pushing with… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shove — I UK [ʃʌv] / US verb Word forms shove : present tense I/you/we/they shove he/she/it shoves present participle shoving past tense shoved past participle shoved * 1) [intransitive/transitive] to push someone or something with force Stop shoving me! …   English dictionary

  • shove — shove1 shover, n. /shuv/, v., shoved, shoving, n. v.t. 1. to move along by force from behind; push. 2. to push roughly or rudely; jostle. 3. Slang (often vulgar). to go to hell with: Voters are telling Congress to shove its new tax plan. v.i. 4.… …   Universalium

  • push — 1 /pUS/ verb 1 MOVE (I, T) to make someone or something move by using your hands, arms, shoulders etc to put pressure on them: It s still stuck you ll have to push harder. | When I give the signal, I want you all to push. | push sb/sth: Johnson… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • push — I n. act of pushing 1) to give smb. a push (our car was stuck and they gave us a push) attack 2) a big push 3) a push to (a push to the sea) II v. 1)(d; intr.) ( to shove ) to push against (to push against the door) 2) (d; intr.) to push for ( to …   Combinatory dictionary

  • shove — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly, gentle, light, little, playful ▪ good, hard, hefty (BrE), mighty …   Collocations dictionary

  • push — vb Push, shove, thrust, propel mean to use force upon a thing so as to make it move ahead or aside. Push implies the application of force by a body (as a person) already in contact with the body to be moved onward, aside, or out of the way {push… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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