shove (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shove (off)
Verb
  • The big exited Barclays Center that night in a walking boot and stayed in New York Friday to undergo further imaging and evaluation while the team traveled to Seattle to begin a four-game roadtrip.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
  • In fan footage shared online, Kelce could be seen shaking a restaurant employee's hand before exiting the building, as Swift followed closely behind.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • Some changes could be deal breakers for those whose vote is critical to moving the bill over the finish line.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Over time, many of the drivers of their upside, from George Springer to Carlos Correa to Gerrit Cole to Justin Verlander to Tucker and Bregman, departed.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The criminal complaint alleges that she was captured on surveillance footage carrying a black backpack entering the locker room area, appearing to take a photo of the vicinity, and departing without the backpack.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • As New York closed in on Tuesday's vote, more investors got nervous as the polls showed Mamdani was leading.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 26 June 2025
  • Daniels gets his guy Aiyuk, who's the younger, and potentially better receiver.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • The transponders onboard Relay 2 stopped responding to radio signals in June 1967, after which point the satellite went silent—until last June.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • As the story goes, Jackson Pollock stepped onto a canvas in 1947, drizzled some paint here and there, and God reached a bony finger down from the heavens and pressed it upon the scale of art history, tilting it from Europe to the United States.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • The House of Representatives has passed legislation which its supporters say aims to stop U.S. funds from ending up in the hands of the Taliban, which took control of Afghanistan after the U.S. pulled out of the country in 2021.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • Ominously, Iranian officials are already publicly hinting at pulling out of a key treaty – the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT – designed to monitor and prevent the global spread of nuclear weapons.
    Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • The mask creates a thin film that locks in all the goodness, but can be peeled off clean or gently rinsed without leaving residue.
    Marie Lodi, Allure, 2 June 2025
  • The toothed scoop bit into the earth, inches from the tombstone, and peeled off a layer of turf, then dumped it onto the plywood.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • Set up your account today to capitalize on this chance and get off to a fast start with DraftKings Sportsbook.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • The friends took the J train through the rooftops of Brooklyn and got off at Broadway Junction, deep in the borough.
    Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
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“Shove (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shove%20%28off%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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