shove off

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

1. nauticalTo set a boat in motion by pushing with an oar or boathook.

   And so my boys and I stood on the bank of the Snake River in the spring of ’98, feeling that ancient urge to shove off.[…]But we had a brand-new canoe and the paddles were in hand and, sure, I have never floated the Snake in a canoe, not any other river for that matter, but what the heck.

   2021 [2001], John Eldredge, chapter 1, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 4

2. imperativeinformaloftenTo leave or scram.

   Well, it looks like it's time to go. Let's shove off.

   1 more example

   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!

   1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Mandy Cohen (Terry Jones)