Shove it

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi all
First of all let me apologise for the bad phasal verb I out on the subject.
This is an exact example from Longman Contemporary for shove. I can not understand it. Can any one tell me what this expresiion mean?

“They can take their tree cents an hour raise and shove it.”

BR,
Amir

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It means that the workers don’t give a damn about the pay raise because it’s too low for them. The phrase ‘shove it’ is an abbreviated form of ‘shove it up your a** or a***’ which is considered bad language as you mentioned.[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Hi dear Torsten
Thank you much for your care and quick answer I have some other Q.

1- I know the usage of dear at the beggining of the letters like Dear Sir/Madam/John…but for example is it right to use dear when you used something behind dear just like here: Hi dear Torsten ?

2- This is and example of “Practical English Usage by Michael Swan” on the usage of be to :
Jeff moved of (the) campus when he decided it was cheaper to live at home.
I think we have to use ‘the’ before the campus because we are not allowed a name with out a or an or the before that but Mr.Swan didn’t use the and I’m sure he knows english better than me.

3- This is an example again from Longman Contemporary for go over. Can you tell me what does it mean?

Thanks
Amir

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  1. It’s better not to use ‘dear’ like that unless you know someone very well.

  2. ‘off campus’ is a set phrase. So is ‘on campus’. No article is needed there.

  3. Where is the example?

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Thank you so much Beeesneees
2- but I wrote of campus not off campus and I couldn’t find such phrase in Longman dictionary.
3- I had gone over and over what happened in my mind.
BR,
Amir

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2 - ‘of campus’ is incorrect.

3 - I had thought about it again and again.

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Thanks a lot Beeesneees.