Rachael Stirling

My dear dad always tried to introduce me to children of his friends, but I just never took to them. Those were the people we were shoved with at school dances, usually Eton boys because it was the cleverest boys' school, and ours was supposed to be the cleverest girls' school.

English Actress

Frank Peretti

First of all, I was a good Christian kid. My mom and dad taught me never to fight. So I never fought. The other kids picked that up right away. They said, 'Oh, he's not going to try to do anything.' They'd push me, shove me, hit me. I'd just stand there and take it.

American Author

Vernon Law

Sometimes you're going to be shoved into a corner, and even though it's against your principles, against the way that you like to play the game, you're going to have to protect your own players.

American Athlete

Beeban Kidron

There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.

English Director

Marianne Lake

When push comes to shove, my children always come first, and I am lucky that I work in an environment that respects that.

English Businesswoman

Erin Moran

Acting has been my life since I was five, and everything has just fallen into place. I've never had to push and shove.

American Actress

Abby Wambach

I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.

Danny Meyer

When push comes to shove, baseball is one of my favorite things in the world.

American Businessman

Michael Douglas

Religion has certainly been shoved down my throat.

American Actor

James Garner

American Activist

Used when referring to actual physical pushing, can imply aggression.

Physical Contact

Describes actions that might upset people; use carefully to avoid offense.

Emotional Effect

Can express a sense of urgency or someone's frustration in a situation.

Urgency or Frustration

Shows a lack of care or precision; used for hasty, disorganized actions.

Carelessness Conveyed

Considered impolite or casual; not the most respectful action.

Impolite Action

Implies a temporary or quick-fix solution, not permanent or tidy.

Quick Solution

Used when someone is reluctantly forced into an action or decision.

Reluctance Indicated

Suggests force or pressure applied on someone to do something unwillingly.

Pressure Implied

Refers to physically pushing something often with considerable force.

Literal Force

Often initiates movement, used for the start of an action or event.

Initiating Movement

Informal way to say leave, usually not polite or formal settings.

Casual Departure

Used to command someone to go away, can be rude if not among friends.

Demand for Action

 So I said, fine, from here on out I'm only going on dates where I know there's Wi-Fi, and I'm bringing my laptop. I'm going to shove it into my bag, I'm going to have this email template, and I'm going to fill it out and collect information on all these different data points during the date to prove to everybody that empirically, these dates really are terrible.

How I hacked online...

 in terms of the number of different scientific advances that it's going to catalyze. The thing that's special about it is this modular targeting system. I mean, we've been shoving DNA into organisms for years, right? But because of the modular targeting system, we can actually put it exactly where we want it.

What you need to know...

 But give one a little shove at the start, and all bets are off. That’s clearly relevant for human space missions, when complicated orbits need to be calculated with great precision. Thankfully, continuous advancements in computer simulations offer a number of ways to avoid catastrophe.

Newton’s three-body...

 that you had to have a nurse or doctor shove a swab way up, all the way to the back of your throat, which hurts a lot, but also, you're going to cough and potentially spread the disease to that health care worker. So they have to have protective equipment and change that.

How we must respond to...

 It's a scene in which Tom's character wakes up. He's drowsy. He's crazy. And the guy wakes up, and he shoves this gun in his nose and shoots this little capsule into his brain that he's going to use later to kill him, as bad guys do.

The mystery box PIPE JJ...

 Then he shoved me again. "Come on, you can do better than that." Then he did something that changed my recovery completely. He handed me a football. You see, after spending years and years of my life with a football in my hands,

Alex Smith: An NFL...

 So I just said-- ACTOR AS "Hey, listen. Stop busting my balls." He cracked a smile, and lowered the gun, and handed it back to me. Inside I was furious. I wanted to get that gun and shove it up his.

Making an Undercover...

 pounds per person of single wrapped vegan snack foods shoved down our throats we had to do that this theater is beautiful the day I walked in I was very impressed with the wood construction

TED2015 in review PIPE...

 protecting and that's that first they bite and then push comes to shove and then shove turns to launch as these feisty fish make their message clear get

Fish vs. Turtle PIPE...

 she shoves her challenger to the ground but it's not over yet her mate cheers her own

Shove