heave-ho

[ heev-hoh ]

/ ˈhivˈhoʊ /

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noun Informal.

an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.

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Origin of heave-ho

Noun use of phrase heave ho,Middle English havehou, hevelow

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There was Carol White, a ho-hum homemaker who finds herself besieged by multiple chemical sensitivity in Safe.
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Lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.
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Then, Rogen convinces Franco to drink some contaminated water from a stream—which causes the 127 Hours Oscar nominee to dry-heave.
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But Lomax can heave a small sigh of relief, at least for now: Legislative reform to the 1033 program will not happen in 2014.
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The Chinook vibrated with deeper and deeper groans until its twin engines managed to heave up our dead weight.
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The door banged shut behind him and I heard him at the foot of the stairs roaring "Ho-ho-there-ho!"
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He watched her, saw the little body heave down its entire length, noted the small convulsive movements of it.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The men did “hold on” most powerfully; they did more, they hauled upon the rope, hand over hand, to a “Yo-heave-ho!”
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
The man roared furiously, and gave a convulsive heave that almost upset myself and the big chair, and disengaged the key!
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No man on board knew when the sea might come which would heave her down, and they watched grimly as the gallant craft tore on.
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British Dictionary definitions for heave-ho

heave-ho

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a sailors' cry, as when hoisting anchor

noun

informal dismissal, as from employment

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