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tell someone where to shove it en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Euphemistic allusion to the expression shove it up your ass.

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, someone, where, shove, it.
  2. (colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, vulgar) To express extreme anger, disgust, or hatred toward someone.
    • They're either telling you where to shove it, if you're winning, or telling you where they'd like to shove it given half the chance. 2012, Lou Wakefield, Hot to Trot, →ISBN:
    • But for two pins I'd hand in blank papers and tell school where to shove Pythagoras triangles and Lord of the Flies and their life cycles of worms. 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 4:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
telling someone where to shove it Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tells someone where to shove it Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tell someone where to stick it alternative lexicographic
told someone where to shove it Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
told someone where to shove it Tense=Past lexicographic