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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
Mariska
mah-RIS-kah
(Dutch)
Hungarian, Dutch
Marjo (1)
MAHR-yo
Finnish, Dutch
Asche
[æʃ]
Lucetta
-
English
Slavica
-
Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Mechislav
-
Russian (Rare), Medieval Slavic
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