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	Pronounced	Usage
Ross	RAWS (English)	Scottish, English
Johan	YOO-ahn (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Hildegarde	HIL-de-gahr-də	German (Rare)
Tzufit	-	Hebrew
Lavra	-	Slovene
Conrado	kon-RAH-dho	Spanish