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if push comes to shove

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if/when push comes to shove

if you say that something can be done if push comes to shove, you mean that it can be done if the situation becomes so bad that you have to do it Look, if push comes to shove we'll just have to sell the car.

See also: come, if, push, shove

if push comes to shove

verb

See when push comes to shove

See also: come, if, push, shove