shove off

phrasal verb·1 sense·particle off

Meanings

1

Leave (informal); push away

Departureuncommon

Why “off”? The whole object launches away from where it stood.

I should be shoving off home.
I should be heading off home now.
We should shove off before the last bus.
We should leave now before the last bus.

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