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give the heave ho
give somebody the (old) heave ho
(informal) to make someone leave a job, or to end your relationship with someone (usually passive) When sales fell, most of the staff were given the old heave ho.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Abram (1) | | AY-brəm (English) | English, Biblical |
Aditi | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada |
Bean | | [bi:n] | |
Brigitte | | bree-GI-tə (German), bree-ZHEET (French) | German, French |
Vayu | | - | Hinduism |
Modesty | | MAHD-əs-tee | English (Rare) |