heave into sight



heave into sight

Rise or seem to rise into view. For example, We waited and waited, and finally the rest of our party heaved into sight. This expression was at first used for ships rising over the horizon. [Late 1700s]
See also: heave, sight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fazl-Arabic
Tonka-Slovene, Croatian
GrÁInneGRAWN-yaIrish, Irish Mythology
TÓNi-Hungarian
Ema-Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
NewtNOOTEnglish