heave into sight

Idioms  

1. Rise or seem to rise into view. For example, We waited and waited, and finally the rest of our party heaved into sight. This expression was at first used for ships rising over the horizon. [Late 1700s]

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Example Sentences

When large numbers heave into sight, zooming along the road in a spaced-out phantasmagoria of a caravan, they can set the innocent motorist to gaping and muttering, "What is going on here?"

From Time Magazine Archive

There was nothing to be done on deck, no sign of the tug, no use we could put her to, even if she should heave into sight, and the time hung heavy.

From The Honour of the Flag by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

Hanging around until you should heave into sight.

From Paul and the Printing Press by Scott, A. O. (Arthur O.)

He would have been glad to see a rescuing vessel heave into sight.

From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret

Natalie, leaping from stone to stone across the stream, suddenly saw Garth's figure heave into sight around a bend in the path.

From Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest by Potts, William Sherman