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Meanings of shove off in English

Leave; informal or rude.

Usage of shove off in English
1
Now, is there anything else I should know before we shove off?
Year Zero
2
To launch one and to shove off did not occupy much time.
Exiled for the Faith: A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution
3
With a sigh she saw another boat shove off to its fate.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6
4
As you shove off from hope, I wave you this last salutation.
New Tabernacle Sermons
5
Mrs. Star will be with her and we'll shove off right afterward.
Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
6
He stepped in, and the order was given to shove off.
The Heir of Kilfinnan: A Tale of the Shore and Ocean
7
Priscilla jumps into the bow of the first of these to shove off.
A Parody Outline of History / Wherein May Be Found a Curiously I...
8
When our boats shove off for the sandbank have the forecastle gun fired.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
9
Then, standing upright, she watched them get in and the cutter shove off.
Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories / 1898
10
Say you interrupted us and I told you to shove off.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
11
Stand by, Crawford, to shove off the moment we get into the boat.
Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand
12
We waited till nearly midnight, when the order was given to shove off.
Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
13
When Angle heard that he told his men to shove off.
The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
14
I'll get on the boat with her and we'll shove off.
Nightfall
15
Now, my friends, we must go on board, and shove off.
The Wanderers; Or, Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orino...
16
If so, shove off now, or else you'll get one behind the ears.
The hangman's daughter
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Shove off through the time
Shove off across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common