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shove off. Leave, set out, depart, as in The patrol pushed off before dawn, or It's time to shove off. This usage alludes to the literal meaning of a person in a boat pushing against the bank or dock to move away from the shore. [Colloquial; early 1900s]
shove off
| Idioms: push off |
| Antonyms: shove off |
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Definition: leave quickly
Antonyms: arrive, come
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