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heave down

British  

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) nautical to turn a vessel on its side for cleaning

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Up on the tank, one of you, and heave down the jacks and frogs.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

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