When/ If Push Comes to Shove

 

= when a situation becomes so bad or desperate, that serious action is urgently needed

 

 

Ex: I’m normally a nice person, but “when push comes to shove” and someone threatens my family or me, I will fight them.

Ex:  It might be difficult to find a new job, but “if push comes to shove,” I have some extra money I saved I can use.

 

 

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