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give the heave ho
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.
See also:
give
,
heave
,
ho
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Mirinda
mee-REEN-dah
Esperanto
Elain
-
Welsh
Roland
['rəulənd]
Babs
[bæbz]
MÓZes
-
Hungarian
Doris
DAWR-is
(English)
, DO-ris
(German)
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