shove up

phrasal 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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Standing in 18th-century finery, and with his glasses shoved up to his forehead (as was Henry’s habit), Tucker was videotaped standing in the very spot Henry did — the nearby St. John’s Church in Richmond, four miles east — 250 years ago. John Hanc, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 Now he’s lost in a fluster of subway riders shoving up out of the sudden portal. David Baker, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024 Narrowing the frame constricts the storytelling, no matter how many times a Significant Life Moment is shoved up close to the lens for emphasis. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 By daytime, black picnic tables flipped upside down were shoved up against the doors, and handles were tied up with rope. Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2024

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“Shove up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shove%20up. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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