jostle someone aside

jostle someone aside
jostle someone aside
to push or nudge someone aside. •

Poor little Timmy was jostled aside by the crowd every time he got near the entrance.

The big kids jostled aside all the little ones.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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