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Push the bottom off a big spade (5)

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I believe the answer is:

shove

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'push' is the definition.
(I know that shove is a kind of push)

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(Other definitions for shove that I've seen before include "Barge" , "Push or propel" , "Push roughly" , "Push (or what it comes to!)" , "- - -halfpenny (pub game)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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