shove off
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[edit]Verb
[edit]shove off (third-person singular simple present shoves off, present participle shoving off, simple past and past participle shoved off)
- (nautical) To set a boat in motion by pushing with an oar or boat-hook.
- (informal) To leave.
- Well, it looks like it's time to go. Let's shove off.
- 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Mandy Cohen (Terry Jones):
- Well– Now, don't think you can get around me like that. He's not coming out, and that's my final word. Now, shove off!