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Push comes to shove.
If or when push comes to shove, the situation has become some bad that you are forced to do something: If push comes to shove, we'll just have to use our savings.
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"At that time when I was laying on the floor, I expected somebody to do something -- to push, to shove.
Push to shove.
I do tend to push it to the back of my mind but, if it came, push to shove, we do have Masonic Homes and that is where quite a lot of elderly Freemasons go, to finish their days you know, and ladies as well, it's for ladies as well".
Turning push to shove would pit China against America, which is pledged to help Taiwan if it is attacked.
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"When push came to shove, they got pushed," Mr. Santorum said.
Twyla Tharp, the choreographer whose signature work is "Push Comes to Shove," is still pushing and shoving dance boundaries.
But at long last, when push came to shove, he shoved (and let Nancy push).
Push came to shove.
But if push comes to shove?
When push comes to shove, I'm committed".
When push came to shove, you'd sacrifice love.
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