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

“For two bits I’d shove out of here. If we can get jus’ a few dollars in the poke we’ll shove off and go up the American River and pan gold.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck