shove comes to shovel

"If push comes to shove" means that a slight push will escalate into a fight, then this means that you're fighting the opponents until you have to bury them. In other words, this is the next step up in escalation, often as an extreme last-resort measure.

"Hey Mark, aren't you supposed to be studying for finals instead the Saturday night happy hour?"
"Nah, it's in 2 weeks, so I'll just wing it and study at a relaxed pace."
"Bro. You DO know that it's actually next week, right?"
"Oh damn, I gotta get studying! If push comes to shove, I'll just wing it all throughout the week though."
"But Mr. Smith's test is on Monday!"
"Now it looks like the time when shove comes to shovel... I'm gonna have to pull an all-nighter or two."

shove comes to shovel by edw007 June 14, 2019

if push comes to shove 

"If push comes to shove then we'll . . . . . "

Colloquial southern English meaning, " if it really comes to it" "if there's no other choice/option/possibility"

"If push comes to shove . . . . then we'll have to get a taxi "

if push comes to shove by Gioffre March 11, 2017

when push comes to shove 

At a point when, or if, all else has been taken into account and matters must be confronted, one way or another.

“We extol the virtues of motherhood and bestow praise on the self-sacrificing homemaker but when push comes to shove, we give her little recognition for what she does” (Los Angeles Times).

when push comes to shove by Dude89 May 30, 2006

Push come to shove

When everything else fails and you want to keep the night going

John was drunk as shit and the club was closing so he grab the fat drunk girl walking out, it was his push come to shove

Push come to shove by DJ JAZZY DICK October 29, 2009

Push Come to Shove

A Van Halen song of their 1981 album Fair Warning. This and the other songs included on that album is probably the most darkest ones out of all the other songs on their albums mainly because all of their others were about partying, booze, girls and cars. This never really became a hit and is not really played on the radio as much as Van Halen's other songs. It is the most under-rated song on the album. the song has a real The police feel to it.

Guy 1: Hey listen to this

Guy 2: Sure, what is it?

Guy 1: It's push come to shove

Guy 2: okay

Guy 1 and Guy 2 (eargasim)

Push Come to Shove by orborf099 December 14, 2010