Usually means: Dismissal or rejection with force.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word heave-ho:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. heave-ho, the heave-ho: Merriam-Webster
  2. heave-ho, the heave-ho: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heave-ho: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heave-ho, heave-ho: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heave-ho: Wordnik
  6. heave-ho: Wiktionary
  7. heave-ho: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. heave-ho: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. heave-ho: Dictionary.com
  10. heave-ho: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. heave-ho: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Heave-ho: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heave-ho)

▸ noun:  A cry of heave-ho.
▸ noun:  (informal) A rejection; a forced removal.
▸ verb:  (informal) To pull forcefully.

Similar:
heave-o, heave, yo-heave-ho theory, tally-ho, hallow, hurrahing, hooley, tally ho, hoo-har, huzzah, more...

Opposite:
keep, hold, retain

Types:
pitch, toss, cast, flick, jettison, fling, hurl, lob, more...

Phrases:
give someone the heave-ho, more...



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Similar:
heave-o, heave, yo-heave-ho theory, tally-ho, hallow, hurrahing, hooley, tally ho, hoo-har, huzzah, more...

Opposite:
keep, hold, retain

Types:
pitch, toss, cast, flick, jettison, fling, hurl, lob, more...

Phrases:
give someone the heave-ho, more...



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