Antonyms for shove
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1. • Push

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1. shoveverb

   the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)

   "he gave the door a shove"

2. jostle, shoveverb

   come into rough contact with while moving

   "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

   Synonyms:
   jostle, thrust, stuff, squeeze

3. shoveverb

   push roughly

   "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

   Synonyms:
   jostle, thrust, stuff, squeeze

4. thrust, stuff, shove, squeezeverb

   press or force

   "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

   Synonyms:
   extort, pressure, crush, scarf out, lug, rack, twinge, constrict, overindulge, binge, stuff, gouge, tweet, embrace, thrust, gormandize, gormandise, throw, glut, compress, engorge, gourmandize, pig out, ingurgitate, coerce, block, overeat, contract, hale, press, lunge, jostle, hurtle, squeeze, squash, twitch, bosom, pinch, wring, push up, mash, englut, wedge, hurl, hug, force, choke up, pierce, squelch, compact, farce, overgorge, satiate, gorge

How to use shove in a sentence?

1. Leona Kelley:

   It was made just like the other rings they've got in there, you can bend it up and shove it in here. So it was made for a vending machine. I just don't understand why.

2. Matthew Eledge:

   I had a lot of people in college say they would( carry and deliver a child), but when push comes to shove, that's a huge commitment.

3. Graeme McDowell:

   The chase for British Open at Portrush, and getting my spot for that, it's been a journey, this week, with spots available, people have been reminding me all week. Every hole out there it was like' hope you get to Portrush, hope you get in the Open' so there was no chance I was going to be able to shove that to the back of my mind.

4. Alfredo Granado:

   We don't want to shove it down their throats, airbus said whatever employees want to do, it's their choice.

5. Deon Joseph:

   I believe the extremes of both ideologies are what created Skid Row, by that, I mean the extreme right believes in NIMBYism -- not in my back yard. We'll shove all our problems into downtown LA and come down once a month and throw food and clothes at them and feel good about ourselves.

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