shove off

Thân thiện

The kids shove off from the dock in their little rowboat.

Definition

Verb (phrasal verb): 1. To leave, to depart: Used as an informal, often abrupt or rude, command telling someone to go away. 2. To set off, to begin a journey: Used to describe the act of leaving, especially by pushing a boat away from a shore.

Usage and Examples

• As an imperative command (informal/rude):
  • "I'm busy. Just shove off and leave me alone."
  • He told the annoying salesman to shove off.
• To describe departing, especially by boat:
  • We loaded the supplies and shoved off from the dock at dawn.
  • The canoe shoved off into the calm lake.

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can carry a strong connotation of irritation or dismissal when used as a command. It is more forceful than "go away" and similar to "get lost."
• In nautical contexts, it retains its literal meaning related to the physical act of pushing a vessel away from land.

Variants and Related Words

• Shove (verb): To push roughly.
  • He shoved the box across the floor.
• Push off (phrasal verb): A very close synonym with identical meanings and usage registers (both imperative and nautical).

Synonyms

• Go away (less rude)
• Get lost (informal/rude)
• Scram (informal)
• Beat it (informal)
• Depart (formal, for the nautical sense)

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Shove along: To leave or move on. (e.g., )
• Push off: Synonymous with "shove off" in all senses.

Related Idioms

• Blow now!: An informal and dated imperative with a similar meaning to "shove off!" (e.g., )
• Get going: A more neutral idiom for beginning to leave.

Học thuật

Verb

1. leave; informal or rude
   • shove off!
   • The children shoved along
   • Blow now!

Từ đồng nghĩa

• shove along
• blow