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bousculer

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Definition: to jostle, shove, bump into; to hurry, pressure; to shake up, liven up

Je n'aime pas tous ces gens qui me bousculent dans le métro - I don't like all of these people jostling me in the subway

Il a bousculé et cassé le vase - He knocked into the vase and broke it

Il faut bousculer ces paresseux - We have to hurry these lazybones

Related: être bousculé - to be rushed off one's feet; la bousculade - hustle, jostle, rush, scramble

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