(OLD) HEAVEHO

(old) heave-ho: translation

*the (old) heave-ho

the act of throwing someone out; the act of firing someone. (From nautical use, where sailors used

heave-ho

to coordinate hard physical labor. One sailor called “Heave-ho,” and all the sailors would pull at the same time on the

ho

. *Typically: get \(old) heave-ho; givesomeone \(old) heave-ho.) •

I wanted to complain to the management, but they called a security guard and I got the old heave-ho. That's right. They threw me out!

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They fired a number of people today, but I didn't get the heave-ho.