Push comes to shove
sentence
A touchy situation becomes actively hostile; a quarrel becomes a fight; the CHIPS ARE DOWN: If push comes to shove, can you count on him? (1958+)
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- Push-down
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- Pushed
[poo sh] /pʊʃ/ verb (used with object) 1. to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away. 2. to move (something) in a specified way by exerting force; shove; drive: to push something aside; to push the door open. 3. to effect or accomplish by thrusting obstacles aside: to […]
- Pusher
[poo sh-er] /ˈpʊʃ ər/ noun 1. a person or thing that . 2. Slang. a peddler of illegal drugs. 3. Aeronautics. an airplane that is driven by pusher propellers. 4. Nautical. one of the masts abaft the mizzen on a sailing vessel having more than three masts, either the sixth or seventh from forward. Compare […]