Possible Clues:

• What often proverbially comes to 'shove'?
• Sapphire novel on which 'Precious' was based
• Delivery room urging
• Midwife's exhortation
• Offensive — press
• Novel on which the film 'Precious' is based
• Apply pressure to punish, without Northern Ireland
• Pearl Jam "___ Me, Pull Me"
• Sustained military advance
• This may come to shove