shove it
Take it elsewhere
Shove it is a rude dismissal telling someone to take their offer, opinion, or demand and go away—the unspoken completion being "up your ass." It rejects something with contempt: I told them they could shove it.
Often intensified to shove it up your ass or softened to stuff it.
The phrase take this job and shove it became iconic through a 1977 country song expressing workplace frustration.
- pushForce something away
- stuffUnspecified items collectively
- cramForce into tight space
- thrustForceful forward motion
- screw youCrude dismissive expletive
kiss my ass · up yours · piss off · get lost · back off · flip off · anger · defiance · rejection · dismissive · rude · crude · gesture · in your face · middle finger · contempt · frustration · fed up
shove itI accept
Affirmative response to offer
deal · thank you · absolutely · with pleasure · accept
shove itno thank you
Polite way to refuse
with all due respect · if you don't mind · please and thank you · I beg your pardon · if you please
shove ityes sir
Respectful military assent
right away · as you wish · whatever you say · at your service · certainly