shoves (off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of shove (off)
as in exits
to leave a place often for another time to shove off for home

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoves (off)
  1. exits
  2. moves
  3. departs
  4. goes
  5. gets
  6. pulls out
  7. digs out
  8. gets off
Verb
  • Dry and cool week ahead After the rain exits Tuesday, North Texas will be dry and cool.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Her chances at having a baby only seemed to worsen in 2014, when a colorectal surgeon attempted to reposition her stoma — an opening in the abdomen through which waste exits the body — to make pregnancy possible, but the surgery was unsuccessful.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of exits
Verb
  • The tides are predicted to be among the highest of the year, raising concerns about the possibility of additional flooding if another storm moves through the region.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2026
  • Calculating the correct combination of signals can therefore become unstable, particularly when the system has to keep recalculating them as an object moves across the screen.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • The property is also right next to the train depot where the Leadville railway departs.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Its new incarnation features design contributions from Schrager and British minimalist designer John Pawson and departs from upscale boutique hotel tradition in several ways.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of departs
Verb
  • Schwarzenegger’s character, a Los Angeles police detective, goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, falls for fellow teacher Joyce and becomes a father figure to Dominic.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2026
  • At the same time, graffiti art kind of goes hand in hand with break dancing, DJs, b-boys.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • So that’s where the expectation gap gets bigger and bigger, because what the worker needs and what the operation needs are different.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Building confidence for its younger roster and finalizing different rotations will be essential for the Horned Frogs as the schedule gets tougher at the end of this month with two games against Power Four conference opponents.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • Halfway through, Brill pulls out a machine that fills the stage with foam, submerging the actors in a cumulus of bubbles.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The video is analyzed for quality—Birdbuddy looks for clips with good poses and exposure, pulls out a few still images from the video, and sends it to the app as a Postcard.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of pulls out
Verb
  • As Connecticut digs out after a historic Nor’easter dumped over two feet of snow across parts of the state this week, the question municipalities are tasked with now is where to put it.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Jonathan Ernst/Reuters As the East Coast digs out from a massive snowstorm, a potential nor'easter could bring more snow to the region this weekend.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of digs out
Verb
  • Feed your head Neagley gets off to a sluggish start, with a workmanlike, rather clumsy first episode largely spent establishing the main characters and central plot—and the writers lean a bit too hard on constant Chicago callbacks.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But if Jackson gets off to a slow start under a new coaching staff, including first-time play-caller Declan Doyle, there’s room to fall.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of gets off
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