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Meaning of tell someone where to shove it | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, someone, where, shove, it.
  2. To express extreme anger, disgust, or hatred toward someone.
    colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, vulgar

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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