shove off

Example Sentences

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And there’s no punishment for telling the governor to shove off.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

"I can't remember the last time she was in the area; she should show up or shove off," local Ampthill resident Carole Richardson said.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2023

The GPS tracking app was loaded on my phone and we were ready to shove off, an eight-hour caravan north to install my firstborn, curly-haired, hockey-playing, computer-building freshman into his college dorm.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2022

We watched the boat shove off and then returned to the Ninth Street house, where Otha and I sat with Mary Bronson and her son.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019

The man, who had received two or three nice presents from her unasked, thought she was lying and was trying to tell him to shove off.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison