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give someone the heave-ho en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To fire, expel or break up with someone.
    • I'm looking for work again because they gave me the heave-ho.
    • I accused her in set terms of giving me the heave-ho in order that she could mercenarily marry a richer man. 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
  2. To eject a player or manager from the game.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gives someone the heave-ho Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
give somebody the old heave-ho alternative lexicographic
gave someone the heave-ho Tense=Past lexicographic
giving someone the heave-ho Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
given someone the heave-ho Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

give the elbow · give someone the boot · give the axe