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• n  the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
  he gave the door a shove
• v  come into rough contact with while moving
• v  push roughly
  the people pushed and shoved to get in line
• v  press or force

• Enron's demise was just the shove KMART didn't need especially after Sept.
• Out of desperation you shove a few notes into his hand, hoping that you've neither offended him nor become the sole benefactor of his son's college fund.
• And when no one was looking, I'd shove the paper in my mouth and chew it like cupcake gum.

• jostle
• thrust
• stuff
• squeeze

News & Articles

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• Eloy City Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budget: Council locks horns over budget funding for Chamber, EDGE
  When push came to shove about money spending during a special budget meeting for city council last Monday, June 3, Council began to question the value of their dollars going to area organizations.
  June 13, 2013 - The Eloy Enterprise
• Mania Review: This is the End
   My wife laughed so hard during our screening of This is the End that she triggered an asthma attack. Six months without an incident, then you shove Jay Baruchel on E in her face and suddenly she’s having a near-death experience. Want to know more about This is the End ...
  June 12, 2013 - Mania
• Dear Business Owner: Tweet or Die
  When customers took to social media, calling a start-up's product ugly, the company went with it--inadvertently fueling a meteoric ascent. Twitter and LinkedIn "are the two greatest management tools that have come along since the invention of e-mail," declared Gregory Shove, the founder and CEO of SocialChorus, speaking to a packed session entitled "Leadership in a Digital Age" at this year’s ...
  June 12, 2013 - Inc Magazine

Quotes

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• Daniel Radcliffe in PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
  Radcliffe, who plays a troubled youth with a religious-erotic obsession with horses, says, "Part of me wants to shake up people's perception of me, just shove me in a blender. It's a really challenging play, and if I can pull it off - we don't know...
• Taylor Branch in Washington Post
  That was a turning point in history because it said that, when push comes to shove, two of the three branches of American government will respond on behalf of integration as part of the fundamental American heritage,said historian Taylor...
• Jeff Gordon in ESPN (blog)
  We got a huge push down the back straight,Gordon said at Talladega. "Someone gave me a shove and I was coming 10 mph faster than anybody. The 48 [Johnson] is testing my patience. It takes a lot to get me mad, and I am pissed right now....