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動詞

shove off (third-person singular simple present shoves off, present participle shoving off, simple past and past participle shoved off)

1. (nautical) To set a boat in motion by pushing with an oar or boathook.
   • 2021 [2001], John Eldredge, chapter 1, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 4:

     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.

2. (informal, often imperative) To leave or scram.

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

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

     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!