Tom has just been given the heave-ho.
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Heave-ho
//ˌhiv ˈhoʊ//
Synonyms for "heave-ho" (5 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 14 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 嗨喲 /嗨哟 intj (Translations)
- 嘿咻 intj (Translations)
Finnish
1 entries- hiiop intj (Translations)
French
2 entries- ho hisse intj (Translations)
- oh hisse intj (Translations)
German
1 entries- hau ruck intj (Translations)
Greek
1 entries- έγια μόλα intj (Translations)
Hungarian
1 entries- hórukk intj (Translations)
Italian
1 entries- oh issa intj (Translations)
Japanese
4 entries- いっせえの intj (Translations)
- いっせーの intj (Translations)
- えっさっさ intj (Translations)
- せえの intj (Translations)
Korean
4 entries- 에요 intj (Translations)
- 여차 intj (Translations)
- 영차 intj (Translations)
- 이영차 intj (Translations)
Navajo
1 entries- wóóʼmah intj (Translations)
Russian
2 entries- ать-два́ intj (Translations)
- раз-два́ intj (Translations)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ho-ruk intj (Translations)
Thai
1 entries- ฮุยเลฮุย intj (Translations)
Turkmen
2 entries- haý-dek intj (Translations)
- haý-küş intj (Translations)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Heave ho! up they hoisted their prize, dripping with moisture, and festooned with verdant water-moss.
Source: wiktionary
Why would you think I'm still seeing Colin Murphy? I gave him the heave-ho, remember?
Source: wiktionary
They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours;
Source: wiktionary
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