Elbow aside verb phrase
To push someone away using your elbow.
A: "That guy just elbowed me aside and acted like nothing had happened." B: "Oh, some people!"
A: "I heard that Bruno just got beat up for elbowing people aside trying to cut in line." B: "Serve him right!"
1. To push somebody/something through something in a rough way.
2. To try to persuade or force someone/something to agree with something.
1. To forcefully move oneself/someone/something to the place that is directly ahead of someone/something.
2 To push someone/something forward when that person/thing is standing ahead of you.
To push and hold someone or something against someone or something else.
1. If you say that someone provokes you to do something, you mean that he impels, stirs, or induces you to make a move.
2. If you say that something provokes you to something, you mean that it drives you to an angry or outraged emotional state or response.
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.