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heave-ho

  [heev-hoh]
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–noun Informal.
an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.
Origin:
n. use of phrase heave ho, ME havehou, hevelow
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heave-ho   (hēv'hō')
n.   Slang
Dismissal from one's job or from one's position: got the heave-ho in a very unceremonious manner; gave the employee the old heave-ho.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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