shove sb around/about
— phrasal verb with shove /ʃʌv/ verbDefinition
› to push someone forcefully, in an unpleasant and threatening way: The older boys at school are always shoving him around.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressive › informal to tell someone what to do, in a rude or threatening way: Don't let them shove you around. You've got to stand up for your rights.Giving orders and commands
(Definition of shove sb around/about from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten on sb phrasal verb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- be put upon phrasal verb
- grind the faces of the poor idiom
- harassment noun
- have your knife into sb idiom
- hell noun
- hit sb where it hurts idiom
- objectification noun
- persecute verb
- persecution noun
- persecutor noun
- pick on sb phrasal verb
- toy with sb/sth phrasal verb
- trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
- treat sb like dirt idiom
- trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
- tyrannical adjective
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