shove up
verb
shoved up; shoving up; shoves up
chiefly British, informal
: to move over to make room for someone else
Shove up so that I can sit down, too.
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Normal setbacks have been waived as well, so these homes are cheek-and-jowl, and shoved up to our property line.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Shove up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shove%20up. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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