heave down
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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In the crucial 17th over the masterful Taskin had Moeen Ali caught on the boundary and Duckett was bowled attempting a heave down the ground.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2023
A third interception came on a trick-play heave down the field by Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after he caught the ball on a lateral from Smith.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2017
Police cars screech by and heave down the alley toward the scene of the crime.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2011
They will, without any European supervision, heave down wooden sailing-vessels up to about 1000 tons, and repair the keel, or strip, caulk, and re-copper the bottom.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
And it was only by keeping the pumps clanging, that she managed to swim into a Tahitian harbor, "heave down," and have her wound dressed by a ship-surgeon with tar and oakum.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman
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