"tell someone where to shove it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tell someone where to shove it.ogg [Australia] Forms: tells someone where to shove it [present, singular, third-person], telling someone where to shove it [participle, present], told someone where to shove it [participle, past], told someone where to shove it [past]
Etymology: Euphemistic allusion to the expression shove it up your ass. Etymology templates: {{m|en|shove it up your ass}} shove it up your ass Head templates: {{en-verb|tell<,,told> someone where to shove it}} tell someone where to shove it (third-person singular simple present tells someone where to shove it, present participle telling someone where to shove it, simple past and past participle told someone where to shove it)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, someone, where, shove, it. Synonyms: tell someone where to stick it
    Sense id: en-tell_someone_where_to_shove_it-en-verb-8FdGAvtU
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic, vulgar) To express extreme anger, disgust, or hatred toward someone. Tags: colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-tell_someone_where_to_shove_it-en-verb-M8Dbm5MD Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 30 70

Inflected forms

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