shove about

verb

To bully somebody; to be bossy towards somebody.

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Meanings

verbshove about (third-person singular simple present shoves about, present participle shoving about, simple past and past participle shoved about)

present singular third person shoves about · participle present shoving about · participle past shoved about · past shoved about

  1. intransitiveTo bully somebody; to be bossy towards somebody.

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