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
“Listen—I got to shove off, but Trouble’s on his way. You sit tight, and he’ll make everything right. Just you wait and see.”
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
