shove up
phrasal verb
shoved up; shoving up; shoves up
chiefly British, informal
: to move over to make room for someone else
Shove up so that I can sit down, too.
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By daytime, black picnic tables flipped upside down were shoved up against the doors, and handles were tied up with rope.
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2024
Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Shove up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shove%20up. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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