shove sb around
UK also shove sb about— phrasal verb with shove uk/ʃʌv/us/ʃʌv/verb
to push someone forcefully, in an unpleasant and threatening way:
The older boys at school are always shoving him around.
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.
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- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- put sb through sth
- sexual harassment
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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