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If/when push comes to shove spoken language
When/if no other choice is available; when/if the situation develops in a more or the most unpleasant way; when/if drastic measures are required.
We should come back when you arrive, but if push comes to shove, the neighbor living next door has a spare key that allows you to get into the house.
The study comes to a conclúion that if push comes to shove, there might record 100,000 cases of the disease tomorrow.
This phrase originated in African-American English around the middle of the twentieth century.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. A pill or tablet that is hard for someone to swallow because of its large size
2. An fact, claim, proposal, etc. that is very difficult to believe or accept
1. The vet gave my adorable puppy a horse pill and he spat it out immediately.
