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View definitions for the heave-ho

the heave-ho

noun as in ejection

noun as in ouster

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When a landlord in Sag Harbor gave him the heave-ho, he moved into a storage unit, showering in an office building that kept its doors unlocked at night.

That process would be put in place, uh, later, after they had already given Omar the heave-ho under the process Mace believed was unjust.

From Slate

But more than half of voters in more heavily Latino neighborhoods such as Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights said they’re ready to give him the heave-ho too.

Videos show he helped lead the “heave-ho” push at a door which partially crushed one officer and swiped a baton from another before smashing the officer’s hand with it.

Regardless of whether Harwood’s analysis itself was what earned him the heave-ho, or whether he felt free to speak so bluntly because he already knew he was being shown the door, the two incidents were clearly correlated.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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