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Meanings of shove off in English

Leave; informal or rude.

Synonyms
Examples for "blow"
Examples for "blow"
1
And La Motte; at the first blow; was more than half successful.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
2
It was a blow in the face; his own voice hardened then.
The Nine-Tenths
3
My head sunk on my breast; I received the blow in silence.
The Two Destinies
4
The salt winds of the Channel blow in through the open ports.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
5
He got in between the armour plates; first blow went to him.
The Forest Lovers
1
The one I shove along by hand is enough for me.
Daddy Takes Us to the Garden / The Daddy Series for Little Folks
2
But as the thing is all over, suppose we shove along, suggested Maurice.
The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South
3
Let's get out the sails and shove along like gentlemen.
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
4
He gave King a shove along the path in the general direction of the mullah.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
5
Now we'll shove along down and round the trenches.
Action Front
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